The U.S. economy grew by 223,000 jobs in April, while the unemployment rate dropped slightly to 5.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday.
Economy Adds 223,000 Jobs In April, Unemployment Falls To 5.4 Percent
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Well I am sure I speak for the entire Teahad when I say,
It’s fine for you to juggle around government statistics, but WHERE ARE THE JOBS?!!
Good news for the GOP!
Oh wait…
I told you Obamacare was going to be a job killer. It’d be three-hundred-eleventy-thousand jobs without it! REPEAL!!
Think Progress adds a bit more detail:
"Professional and business services added 62,000 jobs, while health care added 45,000 and construction added 45,000. Retail added 12,100 jobs and leisure and hospitality added 17,000.
Revisions to previous months meant 39,000 fewer added in the last two months than previously reported, with March’s numbers revised down to 85,000.
Average wages rose by 3 cents in April, or 0.1 percent, bringing average growth over the past 12 months to 2.2 percent."
And the unemployment rate dropped to 5.4 percent.
Barring something unforeseen, the economy will clearly not be the main issue in the 2016 campaign. Foreign policy, national security/defense and the role of America in the world probably will be the main issue. Expect whoever the Republican nominee is, along with the party’s affiliated Super PACs, to run ad after ad claiming that America became weaker and more vulnerable under Obama as President and Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State.