JIM WATSON / Contributor / Getty Images Speaking at a Saturday news conference, President Donald Trump commemorated the US economy for seeing "a new record for jobs" for people of color. But the monthly jobs report the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday said the unemployment rate for the Black population "showed little change." The white and Black unemployment rates differ by more than 5 percentage points — the widest gap recorded in the coronavirus pandemic recession to date. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. In a news conference from his private New Jersey golf club on Saturday, President Donald Trump lauded the US economy where people of color "set a record for new jobs." But federal data released Friday show that the unemployment rate for Black people has marginally changed, and white people are by far the most employed among all racial groups in the country.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: Why American sunscreens may not be protecting you as much as European sunscreensSee Also:Trump hosted a press conference where he repeated falsehoods at his New Jersey golf club with dozens of not socially-distanced attendees presentA new poll finds Germans largely support US troop removal after Trump's announcement — and want all US nuclear weapons to leave Germany as wellThe mayor of LA threatened to cut power and water to houses hosting parties after YouTube and TikTok stars kept gathering despite COVID restrictions

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