Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
It’s Cheap Fun Saturday: Job Growth Under Biden and Trump

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To repeat my standard disclaimer, I know this sort of comparison is silly, but I also know that Trump and the Republicans would be touting this to the sky if the shoe were on the other foot. So, here’s the latest, the economy has created almost 2.2 million jobs in fours months under Biden. It lost almost 2.9 million jobs in the four years of the Trump administration.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.