Enligt ny reviderad statistik från Bureau of Labor Statistics:
According to the revision, total non-farm payrolls stood at 133.686 million jobs in August, up from 133.561 million in January 2009, when Obama’s first term began. Before the revision, payrolls were at 133.300 million in August.
In other words, 125,000 jobs have been created, in total, during Obama’s first term, compared with a prior estimate of a loss of 261,000.
Man får dock inte glömma att befolkningen ökat under dessa år. Procentuellt sett är med andra ord fortfarande fler utan jobb idag än då.