The May jobs report came out this morning, and it shows continued strong economic growth and a lowered unemployment rate:
.@BLS_gov reports 223,000 new payroll jobs in May, and the national unemployment rate down a tenth to 3.8%, lowest since April 2000.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) June 1, 2018
Number of unemployed also on decline from 6.3-million in April to 6.1-million in May. Over the year: unemployment rate down 0.5 percentage point, says @BLS_gov, and number of unemployed down by 772,000.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) June 1, 2018
Breaking News: The U.S. economy added 223,000 jobs in May, topping expectations as hiring remained robust. The jobless rate dipped to 3.8%. https://t.co/Q5dIhNvapP
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 1, 2018
Unemployment rate matches lowest point in half a century https://t.co/je83KuD28k via @CNNMoney
— Matthew Continetti (@continetti) June 1, 2018
According to Nancy Pelosi, all that adds up to… bad news for workers:
The #JobsReport shows that strong employment numbers mean little to the families hit with soaring new costs under the Republicans' watch. https://t.co/1ozTiQX0l8
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) June 1, 2018
In other words, “crumbs.”
https://twitter.com/alexjpoirot/status/1002555597328404480
"Record low unemployment is actually a bad thing" will be a strong message for @TheDemocrats in the midterms. https://t.co/pVnoUWH3NJ
— Captain Raybs (@RayburnThompson) June 1, 2018
"strong employment numbers mean little" to American families. Yeah, keep saying that. https://t.co/Dg5hTSLtdD
— Brandon Howell (@BrandonDHowell) June 1, 2018
Take that message all the way into the midterms, Nancy!