Obama to gloat over resurgent U.S. economy in State of the Union address

‘Exactly six years after President Obama took office in the depths of the recession, the economy has finally improved enough for the president to brag about it Tuesday night in his annual State of the Union address.

Previewing his speech for audiences over the past two weeks, Mr. Obama has recited the positive economic statistics so often that he undoubtedly can do it in his sleep: 11 million private-sector jobs created over 58 straight months, the longest stretch of job growth in U.S. history. Unemployment fell faster in 2014 than it had for 30 years, and now stands at 5.6 percent, the lowest jobless level since June 2008.’

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