(Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg)On Friday morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released jobs numbers that offered unqualified good news about the state of the American economy in February. The country added 15,000 more jobs in December than estimated last month, and 39,000 more jobs in January. The unemployment rate for black men is the lowest it has been since December 1973. Since late 2013, the labor force participation rate overall has hovered around 63 percent (save a brief dip in 2015). But the labor force participation rate among those of prime working age — 25 to 54 — hit a number not seen since mid-2010.

Source: Washington Post March 09, 2018 16:07 UTC