The unemployment rate is up.
The labor force participation rate is near an all time low.
Not a single year of 3% growth.
Lets throw a party and pretend everything is great. No one will notice the 94 million without a job.
The unemployment rate is up because the LFPR is up, you can pick and choose your preference but you can't list BOTH as negatives.
True, no 3%+ growth, but no Great Recession looming either, which is of course a great improvement on 2000s and if we never have another recession or 3%+ annual growth we would actually be doing quite well. Stability is under-rated.
No one will notice because THEY AREN'T LOOKING FOR A JOB since most are retired or in school.
Nobody is *GASPING* at the prospect of grandpa not working or Johny going to school instead of office.