Average unemployment rate by year 2009: 9.3% 2010: 9.6% 2011: 8.9% 2012: 8.1% 2013: 7.4% 2014: 6.2% 2015: 5.3% 2016: 4.9%
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Replying to @ddiamond
Romney in 2012: Give me four years and I'll get unemployment down to 6%. Obama in 2016: Unemployment is down to 4.9%.
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Replying to @ddiamond
unfortunately unemployment isn't one uniform number
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Replying to @wycats
Dan Diamond Retweeted Dan Diamond
You're right. Though nearly all of those numbers were trending in a positive direction.https://twitter.com/ddiamond/status/794553909704527873 …
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Replying to @wycats
Sure. It's different regionally, by income, by education, etc. Think it's important not to abandon the official number though.
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Replying to @ddiamond
if you live in a city with 25% unemployment and stagnant wages, the official number is not a great comfort.
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you could reasonably argue that an over focus on the positives of the overall economy while ignoring local effects is what 1/
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people were lashing out against. The "elite opinion" is that creative destruction is worth it but they're living the costs. 2/2
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