White House claim relies on less than two years under Biden to either four- or eight-year...
President Joe Biden speaks about infrastructure investments at the LA Metro, D Line Extension Transit Project - Section 3, in Los Angeles, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022.The Biden administration has"created" more than double the number of jobs per month, on average, than any other administration going back to George H.W. Bush. — White House Instagram post.The claim relies on less than two years under Biden to either four- or eight-year terms for his predecessors.
Specifically, Biden has served in office for less than two years, while the elder Bush and Trump served for four, and Clinton, the younger Bush and Obama served for eight.PolitiFact is a fact-checking project to help you sort out fact from fiction in politics. Truth-O-Meter ratings are determined by a panel of three editors. The burden of proof is on the speaker, and PolitiFact rates statements based on the information known at the time the statement is made.
Biden’s strong monthly job-creation averages reflect the economic cycle when he entered office. He was inaugurated in January 2021, as the nation was recovering from the steep and sudden job losses stemming from the pandemic’s onset in 2020. The jobs recovery began under Trump, but because he was out of office only eight months into the recovery, much of the job gains accrued during Biden’s time in the White House.
Using percentage increase, Biden trails his two Democratic predecessors — Clinton, with an almost 21 percent increase, and Obama, with a bit under 9 percent. Biden’s increase checks in at 7 percent.
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