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The share of 16- to 19-year-olds with a job fell last summer to 30.4%, from as high as 49.1% in 1978, Bureau of Labor Statistics data show.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is set to publish the May data on June 10.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
According to the most recent data from the Office for National Statistics, around one in three people aged 16 to 64 are "economically inactive" - unemployed and not currently seeking work - in several communities.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Employers in the country added 87,800 jobs in May, Statistics Canada said Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Department of Justice’s Bureau of Statistics in 2006, the United States spent a record $185 billion for police protection, detention, judicial, and legal activities in 2003.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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