Unemployment rate
- During term
- 6.7% → 4.1%
−0.65 pts/yr - 4 years before
- +0.50 pts/yr
Democratic · Jan 20, 2021 – Jan 20, 2025
Each chart shows the four years before the term and two years after it, with the term highlighted. Use the before-and-after comparison as context, not a verdict. Congress, the Fed, the global economy and the previous administration's policies all move these numbers.
436
substantive public laws signed · plus 200 naming or commemorative
162
executive orders signed