Statement by President Obama on the Economy, Feb. 5, 2016

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2016 – 12:31 P.M. EST

THE PRESIDENT:  TGIF, everybody.  I wanted to stop by, because as you’re aware by now, America’s businesses created another 158,000 jobs last month.  After reaching 10 percent in 2009, the unemployment rate has now fallen to 4.9 percent — even as more Americans joined the job market last month.  So this is the first time that the unemployment rate has dipped below 5 percent in almost eight…