Unemployment rate
- During term
- 3.9% → 7.3%
+0.43 pts/yr - 4 years before
- −0.38 pts/yr
Republican · Jan 20, 2001 – Jan 20, 2009
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.
1319
substantive public laws signed · plus 499 naming or commemorative
291
executive orders signed