What did Carly Fiorina claim about the economy on 28 Oct 2015?
Carly Fiorina, Former Hewlett-Packard CEO and Republican presidential candidate ·
92 percent of the jobs lost during Barack Obama's first term belonged to women.
Women did not lose jobs over Obama's first term; they gained them. About 310,000 more women were on nonfarm payrolls in January 2013 than in January 2009.
Women on nonfarm payrolls numbered 66,559,000 in January 2009 and 66,869,000 in January 2013, an increase of 310,000 over Obama's first term (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, series CES0000000010, seasonally adjusted).
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- Republican presidential debate hosted by CNBC in Boulder, Colorado.
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