Biden Celebrates Drop in Unemployment Even as Job Growth Weakens
- Disappointing jobs report shows 194,000 gain in payrolls
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President Joe Biden celebrated a decline in the unemployment rate, even as U.S. job growth in September weakened to the slowest pace this year.
“Today’s report has the unemployment rate down to 4.8%, a significant improvement from when I took office and a sign that our recovery is moving forward, even in the face of a Covid pandemic,” Biden said Friday at the White House.