EVANS
STATMENT ON RISING EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS:
Unemployment rate falls to lowest level since
September 2001-- 5.4%
WASHINGTON,
DC – Commerce Secretary Donald L. Evans commented
on August’s employment report, which showed a reduction in
the unemployment rate to the lowest level since September of 2001:
“Our
resilient recovery lowered the unemployment rate to its lowest level
since September 2001 because the President trusted average Americans
with the keys to recovery, their hard-earned dollars. The August
numbers show there’s an elephant in the room: the tax cuts
have produced 144,000 new jobs and the resilient recovery continues.”
“We’ve
been through a lot but America never produced more goods and services,
never sent more Americans to work, and never counted a larger number
of American homeowners than we can this morning.”
“Higher
taxes would destroy jobs—a Euro-style plan for higher taxes
on small businesses would bring double-digit European unemployment.”
Note:
Non-farm payroll employment rose by 144,000 in August, and the unemployment
rate fell to 5.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Over the last year, 1.7
million new jobs have been created, including 107,000 in the manufacturing
sector since January.