Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Trump And Harris Spar Over Jobs At Debate: Here Are The Facts

 https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2024/09/11/trump-and-harris-spar-over-jobs-at-debate-here-are-the-facts/


KEY FACTS


At the highest level, Biden holds a massive advantage over Trump.

The U.S. added about 16 million jobs during Biden’s first 43 months in office, compared to a 2.7 million contraction during Trump’s presidency, according to total nonfarm payrolls, the most-cited measure of total employment which encompasses most American workers.

Similarly the unemployment rate rose 1.7 percentage points from 4.7% to 6.4% under Trump, declining 2.2 percentage points under Biden to the latest reading of 4.2%.

1 comment:

  1. Of course this is selective data. Compare the jobs number for Trump pre-CoVID when everything was artificially shut down.

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