Great job loss chart in today's NYT. [i can't copy it to here]

[empedocles]

Chart shows steady, strong job growth from 2017 to present. trump spring chart shows jobs falling of an almost vertical cliff. Latest job gains are puny.

[Cosmo Blues]

1. Here's the link

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/business/economy/jobs-report.html I took a screenshot of that graph but I don't see a way to post it either

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. I saw it in print at the library.

Here's a similar one from the Washington Post:

The good jobs news is in orange. The bad news is in purple. https://washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/04/what-jobs-numbers-tell-us-about-presidential-election/

Link to tweet

Here's the article, and a small view of the chart:

Job Growth Slackens, Signaling Vulnerability of Recovery

Unemployment fell to 8.4% in August, but the gain of 1.4 million jobs was the weakest in months. The end of federal aid programs is casting a shadow.

By BEN CASSELMAN



{paywall}

[kentuck]

3. As I recall, the unemployment rate was 4.7% when Obama left office?

Trump has a ways to go to get back where he started.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Here's that chart:

Replying to
@WhiteHouse

Donald Trump didn't create jobs, people just went back to work — but not nearly enough.

We're still at a deficit from 2016.

Link to tweet

[empedocles]

5. Thank you