White House economists have apologised after press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders made an incorrect statement at a briefing.
Ms Sanders said President Donald Trump had created three times as many jobs for black workers under his presidency as President Obama did.
"When President Obama left after eight years in office - eight years in office - he had only created 195,000 jobs for African-Americans," she told media the Washington Post reported.
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"President Trump in his first year and a half has already tripled what President Obama did in eight years."
However that statement was false. The White House Council of Economist Advisors has taken responsibility for the mistake calling it a "miscommunication".
Black employment increased by almost three million jobs between January 2009 and January 2017. From January 2017 to July, black employment increased by about 700,000 jobs.
"Apologies for @WhiteHouseCEA's earlier miscommunication," the CEA said on Twitter.
Ms Sanders then tweeted a statement of her own, saying: "Correction from today's briefing: Jobs numbers for Pres Trump and Pres Obama were correct, but the time frame for Pres Obama wasn't. I'm sorry for the mistake, but no apologies for the 700,000 jobs for African Americans created under President Trump."
It is not clear what "time frame" she was referring to.
Ms Sanders made the initial statement in response to questions about whether President Trump had used a racial slur.
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