Why the US unemployment rate dropped to 6.7%
The US unemployment rate tumbled to 6.3 percent in April from 6.7 percent in March. And rates fell for nearly every demographic group, though not always for encouraging reasons. College graduates had a positive month: Their unemployment rate slipped a tenth of a percentage point to 3.3 percent. Their rate declined because 81,000 more of them found jobs in April. The unemployment rate plunged for adult high school drop-outs to 8.9 percent from 9.6 percent. But April was a cruel period for them: The number of employed high school drop-outs fell to 9.9 million from 10.1 million. More than 200,000 of them lost jobs.
The US unemployment rate tumbled to 6.3 percent in April from 6.7 percent in March. And rates fell for nearly every demographic group, though not always for encouraging reasons. College graduates had a positive month: Their unemployment rate slipped a tenth of a percentage point to 3.3 percent. Their rate declined because 81,000 more of them found jobs in April. The unemployment rate plunged for adult high school drop-outs to 8.9 percent from 9.6 percent. But April was a cruel period for them: The number of employed high school drop-outs fell to 9.9 million from 10.1 million. More than 200,000 of them lost jobs.
Read the Economic Times news report here.
