2017 saw the lowest average monthly job growth since 2010.

[Cattledog]

This is a fact.

[progree]

1. Yup

https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001

EarlG's Pic Of The Moment: Donald Slump: 2017 Was The Worst Year For Job Creation In Six Years
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017473380


Although to be fair it's been trending downward since 2014. Not a surprise since there are fewer qualified workers on the sidelines. I expect the next years will continue that downward trend, no matter who is president. Caligula will only make the downward trend worse.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. " Big drop. Yiuuuuge drop. The classiest!" nt

[progree]

3. Caligula sometimes talked about 94 million jobless Americans during the campaign,

(citing the "Not In Labor Force" number) and said the real unemployment rate is 40% --
Not in Labor Force, Age 16+ https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS15000000

Here is the 12 months of 2017 (in thousands):

2017: 94364 94248 94179 94407 95038 94743 94684 94759 94480 95395 95416 95512

Interestingly, its up by 1,148,000 since the inaugural month of January, so you don't hear very much about it from Trump or his Trumpanzees anymore. (1.148 million more "jobless Americans" to use Trump's campaign rhetoric)

I discuss this some more at
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1017&pid=466755

Some other stats of interest:

Civilian labor force, 16 and over, thousands, https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11000000

Civilian noninstitutional population, 16 and over, Thousands, https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS10000000

Since January, the Labor Force has grown by only 879,000,
the Not in Labor Force number has grown by 1,148,000
while the civilian non-institutional population (the sum of the above two numbers) has grown by 2,027,000