Focus on Economic Data: U.S. Employment and the Unemployment Rate, April 4, 2015
Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
This lesson uses the latest employment and unemployment data release by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the month of March, 2015, reported April 5, 2015. The lesson focuses on the continued depression of hourly wages, and investigates the effects of the recent announcements by several companies to raise the pay of their workers.
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