REC. Yes, 2019 has been weak so far -- just 172,000 per month average (Reply #1)

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1. REC. Yes, 2019 has been weak so far -- just 172,000 per month average

Working back from January 2017, Obama’s last month in office, there had been 6.423 million jobs added or 221,000 per month. The difference for the 29 months is 810,000 more jobs or 27,000 more per month than Trump.

Note that back in January this year the total difference was only 194,000, which means over the past five months it has increased by 616,000.

Yes, there's been quite a slowdown so far this year (the 6 months January through June), just 172,000 per month average, compared to 223,000 per month average in all of 2018.

For the 5 months February through June of 2019, it's been only 144,000 per month average.

Job numbers:

https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001

Monthly changes: https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001?output_view=net_1mth

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Trump Is Falling Almost 1 Million Jobs Short Vs. Obama [View all]	G_j	Jul 2019	OP
REC. Yes, 2019 has been weak so far -- just 172,000 per month average	progree	Jul 2019	#1
yes	G_j	Jul 2019	#2
And thanks for the OP -- I wasn't aware of this before	progree	Jul 2019	#3

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