Published 03:40 IST, June 6th 2020

Biden slams Trump for celebrating job reports early, says 'much more work to be done'

Democratic Presidential candidate & former Vice President Joe Biden recently called out US President Donald Trump for celebrating recent job reports prematurely

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Democratic Presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden has recently called out US President Donald Trump for what he believes to be a premature celebration after recent job report. Trump reportedly took a victory lap after government reported surprising job gains for last month. According to reports, Joe Biden has claimed that despite recent positive job reports, US ecomy still needs a lot of work and rebuilding as country looks to re-open after coronavirus pandemic.

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As per reports, Biden also claimed that job reports were merely first sign of recovery from a recession caused by coronavirus lockdown. While speaking at Delaware State University, a historically black university in Dover, Biden claimed that a lot of work still needs to be done and re are many Americans who are still suffering.

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According to reports, US Labour Department stated that unemployment rate in United States h gone from 14.7 in April to 13.3 per cent. nfarm payrolls have also seen a rise after dropping in April.

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During a White House news conference, US President Donald Trump was quick to take credit for somewhat positive job reports in an effort to gain an vant over his rival, Joe Biden, in upcoming elections on vember 3. But t all sections of American population have benefitted, African-American community saw its unemployment rate rise even among generally good news.

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Joe Biden is all set to unveil ecomic plans in coming weeks as United States is suffering from its worst job crisis since Great Depression. According to reports, former vice president said plans will be unveiled later this month which will focus on education, housing and access to finances. Biden and his visors reportedly see situation just like it was in 2008 during Obama's presidential campaign when America was suffering from recession due to housing market collapse.

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United States took a severe blow when in March coronavirus pandemic hit country and forced it to shut down temporarily. In leing months, country recorded it's highest rate of unemployment since 1929 with over 30 million people applying for government benefits. As United States was slowly coming out of lockdown, country suffered ar blow with protests erupting across America over killing of an unarmed African-American man George Floyd.

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03:39 IST, June 6th 2020