What did Donald Trump claim about the economy on 20 Sep 2018?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
It's one of the reasons that you can now go out and look for another job if you're not happy, because everybody wants to hire you and you're getting higher wages for the first time in 21 years.
Not the first time in 21 years. Workers' real hourly pay rose in many of those years, for example from $8.95 to $9.15 during 2015.
Real average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers, in 1982-84 dollars, rose in many of the 21 years before he spoke, for example from $8.35 in December 2000 to $8.50 in December 2001, and from $8.95 in December 2014 to $9.15 in December 2015 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, series CES0500000032).
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- Make America Great Again rally at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada.
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