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Obama’s Numbers October 2016 Update
Our last update on statistical indicators of the Obama presidency before his successor is elected.
By Brooks Jackson / www.factcheck.org/author/brooks-jackson/
Posted on October 9, 2016
Summary
Since President Barack Obama first took office:
*The economy has added nearly 10.7 million jobs.
*Median household income has gone up $1,140, or 2 percent.
*The buying power of the average worker’s weekly paycheck is up 4.2 percent.
*Median sales prices of existing single-family homes are up 23 percent.
*The unemployment rate has dropped well below the historical norm; job openings are at a 15-year high.
*Corporate profits and stock prices have both soared to record highs.
*The number of people lacking health insurance has gone down by 16.5 million.
*The murder rate is down nearly 5 percent, despite an increase in 2015.
*The number of unauthorized immigrants estimated to be living in the U.S. is down, according to demographers.
*Wind and solar power have quadrupled; coal production has dropped 36 percent; carbon emissions have gone down 12 percent.
*However, the poverty rate is still 0.3 percentage points higher, and the number of Americans on food stamps is up nearly 36 percent.
*Federal debt has more than doubled, and annual federal deficits, after shrinking, are again on the rise.
*The home ownership rate has dropped to the lowest point in more than 50 years.
*Handgun production has more than doubled.
Those are just some of the findings in our latest installment of Obama’s Numbers.
CONTINUE READING: cf.factcheck.org/2016/10/obamas-numbers-october-2016-update/?platform=hootsuite
Obama’s Numbers October 2016 Update
Our last update on statistical indicators of the Obama presidency before his successor is elected.
By Brooks Jackson / www.factcheck.org/author/brooks-jackson/
Posted on October 9, 2016
Summary
Since President Barack Obama first took office:
*The economy has added nearly 10.7 million jobs.
*Median household income has gone up $1,140, or 2 percent.
*The buying power of the average worker’s weekly paycheck is up 4.2 percent.
*Median sales prices of existing single-family homes are up 23 percent.
*The unemployment rate has dropped well below the historical norm; job openings are at a 15-year high.
*Corporate profits and stock prices have both soared to record highs.
*The number of people lacking health insurance has gone down by 16.5 million.
*The murder rate is down nearly 5 percent, despite an increase in 2015.
*The number of unauthorized immigrants estimated to be living in the U.S. is down, according to demographers.
*Wind and solar power have quadrupled; coal production has dropped 36 percent; carbon emissions have gone down 12 percent.
*However, the poverty rate is still 0.3 percentage points higher, and the number of Americans on food stamps is up nearly 36 percent.
*Federal debt has more than doubled, and annual federal deficits, after shrinking, are again on the rise.
*The home ownership rate has dropped to the lowest point in more than 50 years.
*Handgun production has more than doubled.
Those are just some of the findings in our latest installment of Obama’s Numbers.
CONTINUE READING: cf.factcheck.org/2016/10/obamas-numbers-october-2016-update/?platform=hootsuite