Black Women’s Unemployment Is Rising. Economists Say It’s a Warning Sign.

Black Women’s Unemployment Is Rising. Economists say it’s a warning sign.

Black women’s rising unemployment signals deeper economic and policy issues, according to new BLS data and experts.

Black women’s unemployment is rising. Economists say it’s a warning sign.

Unemployment rates over the past year have remained largely steady for every group of workers but one: Black women, whose unemployment rates have been rising.  For the past three months that increase has been even more pronounced, with Black women’s unemployment rate hovering at 6 percent — twice the rate of White workers — according to new data released Thursday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It’s a trend that has been troubling economist…