AFAIK, a big part of the downward trend has to do with the Obama Administration's reclassification that lumps partially employed people into the same statistic as people engaged full time in the workforce, where before these two groups were counted separately. So of course the employment numbers look better now if you are broadening the criteria for what constitutes employment.These folks are really distracted from the facts. Unemployment in general has been on a downward trend well before Trump was president and certainly before any of his policies could make any meaningful difference.
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AFAIK, a big part of the downward trend has to do with the Obama Administration's reclassification that lumps partially employed people into the same statistic as people engaged full time in the workforce, where before these two groups were counted separately. So of course the employment numbers look better now if you are broadening the criteria for what constitutes employment.
AFAIK, a big part of the downward trend has to do with the Obama Administration's reclassification that lumps partially employed people into the same statistic as people engaged full time in the workforce, where before these two groups were counted separately. So of course the employment numbers look better now if you are broadening the criteria for what constitutes employment.