Job growth slowed a bit under Trump, but unemployment dropped to the lowest level in nearly half a century.
Employment — Total nonfarm employment grew by 5,613,000 .. https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001 .. since the president took office, according to the most recent figures available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
That continued an unbroken chain of monthly gains .. https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001?output_view=net_1mth .. in total employment that started in October 2010. The economy has now added jobs for 105 consecutive months, including the first 29 months of the Trump administration.
The average monthly gain under Trump so far is 194,000 — compared with an average monthly gain of 217,000 during Obama’s second term. Trump will have to pick up the pace if he is to fulfill his campaign boast that he will be “the greatest jobs president that God ever created ..
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