EXPERTS PROJECTED DURING THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. [ APPLAUSE ]
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS THE
LOWEST IN OVER HALF A CENTURY.
AND VERY INCREDIBLY, THE AVERAGE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNDER MY
ADMINISTRATION IS LOWER THAN ANY
ADMINISTRATION IN THE HISTORY OF
OUR COUNTRY.
OUR COUNTRY. IF WE HADN’T REVERSED THE FAILED
ECONOMIC POLICIES OF THE
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, THE
WORLD WOULD NOT NOW BE
WITNESSING THIS GREAT ECONOMIC
SUCCESS.
SUCCESS. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR
AFRICAN-AMERICANS,
AFRICAN-AMERICANS, HISPANIC-AMERICANS, AND
HISPANIC-AMERICANS, AND ASIAN-AMERICANS HAS REACHED THE
LOWEST LEVELS IN HISTORY.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUTH
AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT HAS REACHED AN
ALL-TIME LOW.
ALL-TIME LOW. AFRICAN-AMERICAN POVERTY HAS
DECLINED TO THE LOWEST RATE EVER
RECORDED.
RECORDED. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR WOMEN
REACHED THE LOWEST LEVEL IN
ALMOST 70 YEARS, AND LAST YEAR,
WOMEN FILLED 72% OF ALL NEW JOBS