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Bill Clinton: The unemployment rate fell to 4.2 percent, marking the 23d month in a row that the rate has been below 5 percent and the…

On the recordJune 3, 1999
The unemployment rate fell to 4.2 percent, marking the 23d month in a row that the rate has been below 5 percent and the lowest rate in 29 years.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Statement on the National Economy

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