Ismael Cid Martínez
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Ismael Cid Martínez
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Latino | Runner | Economist | DC/NYC

Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy (PREE), Economic Policy Institute (EPI)

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Hispanic workers have shown remarkable resilience in the labor market despite Trump's economic harm: www.epi.org/blog/hispani...
Hispanic workers have shown remarkable resilience in the labor market despite Trump destroying job growth
The Trump administration inherited a strong labor market that delivered historic gains for Hispanic workers. Between 2019 and 2024, prime-age Hispanic workers experienced record-high employment rates ...
www.epi.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
La proporción de hispanos con empleo (63,6%) se mantiene estable. De hecho, la tasa de empleo (TE) de los hispanos en edad productiva igualó el máximo (79,2%) del mes de junio. La TE de las latinas (59,1%) y los latinos (75,5%) aumentó ligeramente en septiembre. #LatinSky #Economia #Latinos #Datos
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
La tasa de desempleo (TD) hispana (5,5%) aumentó en septiembre. Este es el 3.er aumento consecutivo desde junio. Si bien la TD para los latinos (4,6%) bajó ligeramente, la TD para las latinas (5,5%) subió. La TD para las latinas fue 1 p.p. menor (4,5%) en junio. #LatinSky #Economia #Latinos #Datos
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
At 63.6%, the share of Hispanics w/ a job remains relatively stable in 2025. In fact, the employment rate (ER) of prime-age Hispanics matched the peak (79.2%) reached in June. The ER for Latinas (59.1%) and Latinos (75.5%) edged up slightly in September. #EconSky #JobsDay
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Even with the faster than expected growth in payroll employment for September, downward revisions for July and August meant that combined July+Aug job growth was 33k less than originally reported. Over the last three months, job growth averaged 62k with small losses in both June and August.
#EconSky
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The attacks by the Trump-Vance admin on basic needs programs, like SNAP and Medicaid, will worsen these disparities: www.epi.org/blog/trump-i...
Trump is slashing safety nets for Native communities: This will widen disparities in poverty, food insecurity, and health care access
Trump is straining the capacity of the federal government to meet its obligations to Tribal Nations and communities. This began even before the ongoing shutdown, with the administration’s persistent a...
www.epi.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Native children are most affected. AIAN children remain more than twice as likely as their white peers to suffer debilitating poverty, threatening outcomes into adulthood.
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
AIAN individuals are also more likely to be uninsured than peers, leaving them subject to painful disparities in life expectancy.
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM