White House blames rising unemployment rate on federal workers
President Donald Trump‘s administration touted the economy‘s addition of 64,000 jobs in November and blamed the uptick in unemployment on federal workers.
TL;DR
- The economy added 64,000 jobs in November.
- The unemployment rate rose to 4.6%, the highest in four years.
- White House blames federal workers who took buyouts for the unemployment increase.
- The administration claims to have added 700,000 private-sector jobs this year.
- The federal workforce was reduced as part of a strategy to decrease the deficit.
- The deficit is projected to be $600 billion lower than the previous year.