Biden Touts Jobs Report as White House Insists Economy Strong
- Employers added more than double number of jobs forecast
- July jobs numbers continue stretch of good news for Biden
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President Joe Biden said the unemployment rate falling to pre-pandemic lows was “the result of my economic plan” as the White House sought credit for surging jobs gains that bolstered the president’s insistence the nation has not fallen into recession.
“More people are working than at any point in American history,” Biden said in a statement Friday. “That’s millions of families with the dignity and peace of mind that a paycheck provides. And, it’s the result of my economic plan to build the economy from the bottom up and middle out.”