What was the lowest unemployment rate under Bill Clinton?

Question

And source, please, too.

Steve C, source is where?

So, Steve C, you don't actually have a source, you just heard it from another liberal. Alrighty.

Answer 1

http://www.bls.gov/cps/prev_yrs.htm

Answer 2

Here is a list unemployment rates since 1948 as prepared by the US Department of labor and statistics. The web address is as follows:

http://www.bls.gov/cps/prev_yrs.htm

Clinton was in office from 1993 to Jan of 2001. Unemployment was as follows:

1993 6.9
1994 6.1
1995 5.6
1996 5.4
1997 4.9
1998 4.5
1999 4.2
2000 4.0
2001 4.7

When Bush took over and before 9/11, unemployment was 4.7. After 9/11 unemployment increased due to the dramatic impact this had on our economy. Plus all of the DOT COM failures hit around 2001. From 2001 to 2005 the unemployment rate was:

2002 5.8
2003 6.0
2004 5.5
2005 5.1

According to the BLS, the unemployment rate in December of 2006 was 4.5%. Giving us a very good employment outlook, which shows that the economy is strong. Regardless what the doom and gloom sayers in the media report.

Answer 3

Nope. a million. observed 2. observed 3. observed 4. observed 5. observed 6. observed. might want to also word that from 1994 on Clinton had a Republican Congress, and Congress is the money gadget. Clinton became also fortunate adequate to have a decade in which there have been really few issues, even with the reality that we had quite a few terrorist attacks that were no longer good dealt with, which led us to 9-11. those got here homestead to roost (paraphrasing Rev. Jeremiah Wright) on 11th of September, 2001. although i visit concur that 2 and a nil.5 years of an Obama White homestead makes me omit even Mr. Clinton. So, you've a level.

Answer 4

It depends on your sources...

According to the White House, Clinton hit a low of 4.2% during his time in office... this was the last WH press release of the Clinton Administration.

According to wikipedia, it was 4.0%. Of course, neither of these sources could be considered biased... right?

Answer 5

On the average, it was higher under Clinton than under Bush.

So was the debt as a % of GDP.

I could source these, but I'll pretend I'm a liberal and posit it as unattributed "fact".

Answer 6

100%

Answer 7

3,5%

What the hell are "leftists" in the minds of Americans hilariously addicted to right-wing rhetoric?

Answer 8

3.5% when he left office.

Answer 9

4.38

Answer 10

5.5