Unemployment rate
- During term
- 7.4% → 3.9%
−0.44 pts/yr - 4 years before
- +0.53 pts/yr
Democratic · Jan 20, 1993 – Jan 20, 2001
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.
Series starts after this term.
1484
substantive public laws signed · plus 286 naming or commemorative
308
executive orders signed
Partial: the Federal Register's machine-readable record starts in 1994.