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@economist.com Oops: the "Consumer prices" chart incorrectly shows that Biden took over from Trump in January 2020, not January 2021. You got it right on the other charts.
August 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
@economist.com Oops: the "Consumer prices" chart incorrectly shows that Biden took over from Trump in January 2020, not January 2021. You got it right on the other charts.
And if you excluded government employment and looked at only private sector jobs (i.e. what some Republicans might consider "real" jobs), employment actually shrank during GWB's 8-year administration: 111,868K in Jan 2001 vs 111,499K in Jan 2009
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August 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
And if you excluded government employment and looked at only private sector jobs (i.e. what some Republicans might consider "real" jobs), employment actually shrank during GWB's 8-year administration: 111,868K in Jan 2001 vs 111,499K in Jan 2009
data.bls.gov/dataViewer/v...
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