February 4 2022 . Washington DC – Joe Biden:
Hey, folks. Good morning. It’s still morning by about 10 minutes. (Laughter.) I want to speak to you this morning about the extraordinary resilience and grit of the American people and American capitalism.
Our country is taking everything that COVID has to throw at us, and we’ve come back stronger.
I’m pleased to report this morning what many of you already know: that America’s job machine is going stronger than ever, fueling a strong recovery and opportunity for hardworking women and men all across this great country.
America is back to work.
Today we learned that in January, our economy created 467,000 jobs. But that’s not all. We learned that job growth in November and December over last year was revised up by more than 700,000 jobs. On top of that, 400,000 jobs are previously — on top of the 400,000 that were previously reported.
This morning’s report caps off my first year as President. And over that period, our economy created 6.6 million jobs — 6.6 million jobs.
If you can’t remember another year when so many people went to work in this country, there’s a reason: It never happened.
Take a look at the chart. You can look at the last — all the way back to President Reagan. Look how many jobs we’ve created in — on average per month. This is — it’s never happened before. And, look, history has been made here.
But it comes alongside the largest drop in unemployment rate in a single year on record, the largest reduction in childhood poverty ever recorded in a single year, and the strongest economic growth this country has seen in nearly 40 years. Historic economic progress. …..
Source and whole text Remarks by President Biden on the January Jobs Report
FEBRUARY 04, 2022
Remarks by President Biden on the January Jobs Report
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