158,269,000: Record Number of Employed in September; 3.5% Unemployment Rate Best Since 1969

[NightHawkeye]

From the "Thanks Trump", files: 158,269,000: Record Number of Employed in September; 3.5% Unemployment Rate Best Since 1969

For the 22nd time since Donald Trump took office, the number of employed Americans reached a record high last month, climbing 319,000 from August's record 157,878,000 to 158,269,000. At the same time, the number of unemployed Americans set a Trump-era low at 5,769,000.

Those two strong numbers pushed the nation's unemployment rate to 3.5 percent in September -- down two-tenths of a point from last month, and the lowest rate since December 1969.

President Trump hailed the good news on Twitter, with a twist:

"Breaking News," Trump wrote. "Unemployment Rate, at 3.5%, drops to a 50 YEAR LOW. Wow America, lets impeach your President (even though he did nothing wrong!)."​

The unemployment rate for Hispanics, 3.9 percent in September, has never been this low. The unemployment rate for blacks remained at the record low of 5.5 percent set in August.
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[Nithavela]

Hooray.

Are they happy?

 

[Kaon]

From the "Thanks Trump", files: 158,269,000: Record Number of Employed in September; 3.5% Unemployment Rate Best Since 1969

For the 22nd time since Donald Trump took office, the number of employed Americans reached a record high last month, climbing 319,000 from August's record 157,878,000 to 158,269,000. At the same time, the number of unemployed Americans set a Trump-era low at 5,769,000.

Those two strong numbers pushed the nation's unemployment rate to 3.5 percent in September -- down two-tenths of a point from last month, and the lowest rate since December 1969.

President Trump hailed the good news on Twitter, with a twist:

"Breaking News," Trump wrote. "Unemployment Rate, at 3.5%, drops to a 50 YEAR LOW. Wow America, lets impeach your President (even though he did nothing wrong!)."​

The unemployment rate for Hispanics, 3.9 percent in September, has never been this low. The unemployment rate for blacks remained at the record low of 5.5 percent set in August.
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The numbers have been, and always will be skewed.

Unemployed persons are determined by the number of people who file for unemployment. That does not include people who choose not to file for unemployment, or cannot file for unemployment.

Are you purposefully being misleading, or did you not know?