Unemployment Rate: Labor Day and Job Growth

unemployment rate: The unemployment rate is 3.7%, average job growth since he arrived in the White House is 183,500 per month, and median household incomes are up around 12% since he took office, even as faster gains and bigger tax cuts at the top exacerbate inequality, according to Market Watch. Don't miss Labor Day Which markets are closed, and when The economy grew faster in 2018 than its norm since the financial crisis but appears to be reverting this year to the 2.3% yearly average since 2009, or slightly worse, with 2% annual growth in the second quarter announced Thursday. So what about this year Donald Trump's economic record, as of this Labor Day, is a mixed bag, albeit a bright spot in the administration's otherwise-unblemished record of tarnishing race relations, the environment and, indeed, most of what it touches. The S&P 500 index's SPX, -0.69% 30% gain since Jan. 3, 2017 splitting the difference between those who think Trump should get credit for a post-election rally before he took office and those who don't compares to a 31% jump for the same stretch under his predecessor, who inherited a crashing stock market. Here's how Trump is doing by some major indicators to judge the state of workers, and presidents Unemployment rate The 3.7% unemployment rate is the lowest since 1969. From March 2009's bottom, the market rose 82% through this date in 2011. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.