Young Women Unemployment Lowest Under Trump Since 1950s

Young Women Unemployment Lowest Under Trump Since 1950s
A store advertises that they are hiring in lower Manhattan on June 1, 2018. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Petr Svab
Petr Svab
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Young women looking for work have been increasingly succeeding in recent years, and so much over the past year-and-a-half that America hasn’t seen unemployment numbers this low since the 1950s.

Average unemployment over the 18 months ending July dropped to 7.9 percent for women aged 16-24. That’s the lowest since April 1956, when Americans saw the very first episode of “As the World Turns.”

Petr Svab
Petr Svab
reporter
Petr Svab is a reporter covering New York. Previously, he covered national topics including politics, economy, education, and law enforcement.
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