What did Kevin Hassett claim about the economy on 2 Oct 2026?
Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council (Trump administration) ·
And don't forget that the over the last two years under Joe Biden, especially right before the election, 50% of the job creation was hiring federal government workers.
Federal hiring was under 4 percent of job growth in Biden's last two years, not 50 percent. Payrolls grew by about 3.5 million and federal jobs by 130,000.
Total nonfarm payroll employment was 154,776 thousand in January 2023 and 158,268 thousand in January 2025, while federal government employment was 2,880 thousand and 3,010 thousand in the same months (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted).
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