What did Donald Trump claim about the economy on 9 Mar 2024? "In February alone, nearly 1 million jobs held by…"
Donald Trump, Former President of the United States and Republican presidential candidate ·
In February alone, nearly 1 million jobs held by native-born Americans disappeared.
Not in one month. Native-born employment fell by about 494,000 from January to February 2024. The bigger drop compares February 2024 with February 2023, a year earlier.
BLS household-survey data put native-born employment at 129,807,000 in January 2024 and 129,313,000 in February 2024 (not seasonally adjusted). The 130,194,000 figure that the February 2024 level is compared with in BLS Table A-7 is from February 2023, a year earlier, not from the month before (BLS, series LNU02073413 and Employment Situation Table A-7).
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- Campaign rally in Rome, Georgia.
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