Unemployment rate
- During term
- 7.3% → 4.7%
−0.32 pts/yr - 4 years before
- +0.47 pts/yr
Democratic · Jan 20, 2009 – Jan 20, 2017
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.
955
substantive public laws signed · plus 335 naming or commemorative
276
executive orders signed