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Admin The bond market has been all over the news in the last two weeks. Bonds are signaling higher interest rates. Second, the bond market is highlighting the long term financial problems in the US economy at the federal level and our inability to solve them. The “bond market” is a collection of financial institutions that … Read more
Accessible articles from McKinsey fill the research gap There is a lack of well-written, research-based articles accessible to the general public on Black Economics. Many people want to know where to get started when learning about Black Economics. There are four top resources in Black Economics: Ta-Nehisi Coates’s reparations article in The Atlantic, the Advanced … Read more
Frozen job market continues with an estimated 27,000 new jobs added after teacher correction On August 7th, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its employment report (BLS). The report showed negative job growth, -23,000 jobs lost, for the first time since December 2025. The job numbers for May and June were revised downward. The job … Read more
Every month, the BLS reports the jobs report. The monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics employment situation report (EMPSIT) is the single most important publicly available information about the US economy. It is the best resource for understanding the US economy. But you have to look across some of the details to get a good view … Read more
Every month, the BLS reports the facts on employment in the US. The monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics employment situation report (EMPSIT) is the single most important publicly available information on the US economy. The report is commonly called “the jobs report.” The second most important report is corporate profits. (quarterly). The Employment report is … Read more
How did we do it ? And why Do for Self is important. chris lee Jul 24, 2026 One of the things we have learned is “Don’t pay someone to do stuff you can do yourself.” Do it for yourself. Creating a new business card is a great example of opportunity profit. So is doing … Read more
So we have a new winner in the Best Black economics book contest and it’s not a book. It is a wide ranging study of the Black economic condition with solid recommendation is a large number of areas. The report is long, 624-pages, and comprehensive. It is meant to be sampled and read in chunks, … Read more
We are working on a long term research project on Black Construction Labor Markets. One of the initial parts of any research project is the literature review. We are trying something new. We have built a shared workspace on google drive with our current collection of African American construction articles and data. We are trying … Read more
Everywhere we see a discussion of affordability. Homes are at record prices. Rents continue to rise. Grocery prices are high. And gas peaked at $4.50 a gallon. The affordably crisis is a result of worker incomes not keeping up with prices. There would be no affordability issues if wages and worker incomes had kept up … Read more
Here is a good long, comprehensive article on four unemployed Black Women in Arkansas. Also, you must read comments and reaction to fully understand the publics current economic thinking. The article is a great read on the current state of the job market. Four Black women. Nine degrees. Not one steady paycheck. (Washington Post) The … Read more