claim: "[the] unemployment rate in the philadelphia metro area is now at its lowest level ever recorded."
author: mike pence
evidence_1: jul 22, 2018 ... barletta and his republican colleagues stood with president trump to put more  money in the pockets of working families ... and the unemployment rate in the  philadelphia metro area is now at its lowest level ever recorded.
evidence_2: may 5, 2018 ... many economists say the unemployment rate is now so low that ... after it had  disproportionately benefited the nation's wealthiest areas ... first-time  unemployment benefits has reached its lowest level since 1973. .... philadelphia  tribune exclusive: barry jenkins discusses his next .... tribune metro edition ...
evidence_3: oct 5, 2018 ... the unemployment rate dropped to 3.7 percent in september, the lowest since  the vietnam war. ... “the economy is really strong right now,” said dan north,  chief ... they already have on their payrolls to work longer hours each week. ...  workers who can pass the drug test or don't have a criminal record.
evidence_4: unemployment rates for metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted.  metropolitan area, november 2018(p) rate, rank. united states. 3.5. ames, ia ...
evidence_5: it was the highest jobless rate since july, as the number of unemployed ... high of  10.80 percent in november of 1982 and a record low of 2.50 percent in may of  1953. ... job leavers are unemployed persons who quit or otherwise voluntarily  left their previous job .... euro area, 7.90, nov/18, 8, 12.1 : 7.3, % .... apply now.