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Pototan

(3,209 posts) Fri Oct 4, 2024, 09:01 AM Oct 2024

254,00 jobs created for month of Sept.; Unemployment rate drops to 4.1%

The U.S. economy added far more jobs than expected in September, pointing to a vital employment picture as the unemployment rate edged lower, the Labor Department reported Friday.

Nonfarm payrolls surged by 254,000 for the month, up from a revised 159,000 in August and better than the 150,000 Dow Jones consensus forecast. The unemployment rate fell to 4.1%, down 0.1 percentage point

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/04/september-2024-us-jobs-report.html

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254,00 jobs created for month of Sept.; Unemployment rate drops to 4.1% (Original Post) Pototan Oct 2024 OP

254,000 Johnny2X2X Oct 2024 #1

Anyone have a data set on Biden's total job growth? WSHazel Oct 2024 #2

Johnny2X2X

(24,438 posts)

1. 254,000

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Fri Oct 4, 2024, 09:02 AM

Oct 2024

Fantastic report. Stunning beat.

WSHazel

(828 posts)

2. Anyone have a data set on Biden's total job growth?

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Fri Oct 4, 2024, 09:13 AM

Oct 2024

I know he is over 16 million jobs created, but I am not sure how much. If you look at the last four Republican Presidents, over 6 terms in office, they have created 16.792 million jobs. Trump is -2.67, Bush Jr. is +.523, Bush Sr. is +2.617, Reagan is +16.322. Biden is close to beating all of that in just 4 years in office.

Edit: Biden is up 16,189 in under 4 years.

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