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October 23, 2009 Graph of the Day for October 23, 2009
"By any measure, my administration has inherited a fiscal disaster."
 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics. US Senate. Hoven's Index for October 23, 2009 Selected statistics at the end of 2006 (last year Republicans controlled both houses of Congress): Unemployment rate: 4.4%. Previous year of GDP growth: +2.4%. Previous year of job growth: +1.6%. S&P 500: 1418. Same statistics, most recently (after almost 3 years of Democrats controlling both houses of Congress): Unemployment rate: 9.8%. Previous year of GDP growth: -3.8%. Previous year of job growth: -4.2%. S&P 500: 1080. |
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