Saturday, January 28, 2017

Current dollar GDP growth by president in the post-war shows Obama in last place as the Baby Boomers fizzle

Obama:   29.6%
Bush 43: 39.0%
Clinton:  56.3%
Bush 41: 23.8% (4 years)
Reagan:  80.9%
Carter:    54.1% (4 years)
Nixon/Ford: 100.0%
JFK/LBJ:       79.6%
IKE:       42.1%
FDR/Truman: 72.7%

Ranked by performance divided by years in office:

Carter: 13.5
Nixon/Ford: 12.5
Reagan: 10.1
JFK/LBJ: 10.0
FDR/Truman: 9.1
Clinton: 7.0
Bush 41: 6.0
IKE: 5.3
Bush 43: 4.9
Obama: 3.7