Categories: Money & The Economy

Trump administration economy tracker

President-elect Donald Trump made the economy a central focus in his bid for the White House. Now that he’s won, CDN will be following his policy’s impacts on the U.S. economy.

As a baseline, we’ll start with October of 2016 which should include no impacts as Trump had not yet won the election.

October 2016 Pre-Election Economic Situation

Employment Situation (BLS data – seasonally adjusted)

  • 161,000 non-farm payrolls added
  • U3 Unemployment: 4.9%
  • U6 Unemployment 9.5%
  • Average weekly hours 34.4
  • Average hourly income $25.92
  • Average weekly earnings $891.65
  • Labor force participation rate 62.8%

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Rich Mitchell

Rich Mitchell is the editor-in-chief of Conservative Daily News and the president of Bald Eagle Media, LLC. His posts may contain opinions that are his own and are not necessarily shared by Bald Eagle Media, CDN, staff or .. much of anyone else. Find him on twitter, facebook and GETTR

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