NYT on +250k Jobs Report in 1984: ‘Surprisingly Strong Growth’ Despite ‘Recent Signs of Slowdown’
April 1984 was the U.S. economy's 19th post-recession month while Ronald Reagan was President. It was a month during which the government initially reported that the unemployment rate remained at 7.7%, while the number of jobs added was 269,000. By the time the government made all its subsequent revisions over the next few years, the final jobs-added figure was 363,000. On May 5, 1984, in an example of what Tim Graham at NewsBusters
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