'Stupid' Trump Tariffs Sends Economy In A Tailspin As Unemployment Numbers Begin To Spike
April 8, 2025
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20:40Now Playing'Stupid' Trump Tariffs Sends Economy In A Tailspin As Unemployment Numbers Begin To Spike
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as posted by the channelAccording to Labor Department data released Friday morning, job growth was far better than expected and unemployment slightly worse than anticipated in March despite the 4,000 federal jobs lost last month.
The job force added 228,000 in March.
Overall, unemployment inched up a bit to 4.2 percent.
The black unemployment rate jump to 6.2-percent.
While black men saw an increase to 6.1-percent in March;
Black women's unemployment dipped to 5.1 from February's 5.4-percent.
Morgan Harper, the Director of Policy and Advocacy at the American Economic Liberties Project, joins me from Columbus, Ohio, to discuss how tariffs may impact job numbers.
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