President Joe Biden had good news to deliver in the final jobs report of his administration, which saw jobs growth that defied expectations. Speaking from the Roosevelt Room in the White House on ...

Data: BLS; Chart: Axios Visuals The U.S. economy added 2.23 million jobs in 2024, including 256,000 in the final full month of Joe Biden's presidency. The big picture: There have been more jobs ...

The claim, however, is true: Biden's administration was the first since records began under which the economy added new jobs every month. Still, the claim required context.

Biden said 16.6 million new jobs were created, adding that it was "most of any single presidential term in history." "I believe the economy I'm leaving is the best in the world and stronger than ...

President Joe Biden will leave the White House with a strong economy, historic gains in the job market, a foundation for future manufacturing growth, and having brought down decades-high inflation ...

And history, they argue, will remember Biden's job-creation record and the low unemployment of his presidency. In October, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) , U.S ...