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August jobs report omits key data about future challenges

Shortly after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its August report - which showed that the economy had created a middling 130,000 new jobs - the White House issued an effusive statement.

Pointing to record low unemployment rates for black Americans (5.5 percent) and Hispanics(4.2 percent), the White House report boasted, “The Trump Administration’s pro-growth policies continue to move workers …

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