Hispanic Job Gains Accelerate as U.S. Labor Market Strengthens
Rapid improvement in employment fortunes.
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The U.S. labor market has healed substantially since the unemployment rate spiked to double digits following the financial crisis. Still, for many different demographic segments, progress in finding jobs has been slow in coming.
A look under the hood of February's better-than-expected job gains, however, shows this to be changing: The labor market's strength is broadening to include a group that has historically lagged the national average.