What did Donald Trump claim about the economy on 19 Jan 2024?
Donald Trump, Former President of the United States and Republican presidential candidate ·
Over four incredible years under my leadership, we built the greatest economy in the history of the world. There was never anything like it. With record-low unemployment rates for African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Asian-Americans, veterans, young people, old people, men, women, everybody.
Not a record for women. Their lowest unemployment rate under Trump was 3.4 percent, in 2019, above the record low of 2.7 percent set in May 1953.
The lowest unemployment rate for women during Trump's term was 3.4 percent (September and October 2019). BLS figures for women begin in 1948, and the lowest on record is 2.7 percent, in May 1953 (BLS, series LNS14000002).
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- Campaign rally in Concord, New Hampshire.
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