PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. [ APPLAUSE ]

[ APPLAUSE ] THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS THE

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS THE LOWEST IN OVER HALF A CENTURY.

LOWEST IN OVER HALF A CENTURY. AND VERY INCREDIBLY, THE AVERAGE

AND VERY INCREDIBLY, THE AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNDER MY

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNDER MY ADMINISTRATION IS LOWER THAN ANY

ADMINISTRATION IS LOWER THAN ANY ADMINISTRATION IN THE HISTORY OF

ADMINISTRATION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.

OUR COUNTRY. IF WE HADN’T REVERSED THE FAILED

IF WE HADN’T REVERSED THE FAILED ECONOMIC POLICIES OF THE

ECONOMIC POLICIES OF THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, THE

PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, THE WORLD WOULD NOT NOW BE

WORLD WOULD NOT NOW BE WITNESSING THIS GREAT ECONOMIC

WITNESSING THIS GREAT ECONOMIC SUCCESS.

SUCCESS. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS,

AFRICAN-AMERICANS, HISPANIC-AMERICANS, AND

HISPANIC-AMERICANS, AND ASIAN-AMERICANS HAS REACHED THE

ASIAN-AMERICANS HAS REACHED THE LOWEST LEVELS IN HISTORY.

LOWEST LEVELS IN HISTORY. AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUTH

AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT HAS REACHED AN

UNEMPLOYMENT HAS REACHED AN ALL-TIME LOW.

ALL-TIME LOW. AFRICAN-AMERICAN POVERTY HAS

AFRICAN-AMERICAN POVERTY HAS DECLINED TO THE LOWEST RATE EVER

DECLINED TO THE LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED.

RECORDED. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR WOMEN

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR WOMEN REACHED THE LOWEST LEVEL IN

REACHED THE LOWEST LEVEL IN ALMOST 70 YEARS, AND LAST YEAR,

ALMOST 70 YEARS, AND LAST YEAR, WOMEN FILLED 72% OF ALL NEW JOBS