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January 7, 2017

President Obama's Jobs Legacy, In One Chart

Mark Whitehouse, Bloomberg

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If President-elect Donald Trump wants to create more jobs than his predecessor, he has his work cut out for him. By at least one measure, Americans fared better under Barack Obama than they did under most presidents during the past six decades.

The December jobs report -- with estimated payroll growth of 156,000 and accelerating wage gains -- marks the last full month of what has been a pretty impressive...

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TAGGED: Unemployment, Barack Obama, Mark Whitehouse

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