Obama’s Numbers October 2016 Update

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http://www.factcheck.org/2016/10/obamas-numbers-october-2016-update/

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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.





Analysis
As we do every three months, we offer here a fresh update of selected statistical indicators of what has happened since Barack Obama first took the oath of office in January 2009. We leave it to our readers to judge how much credit or blame the president deserves for what has happened on his watch, and we caution that no single number or collection of numbers can tell the entire story. What we offer here are some key yardsticks from sources we consider solid and reliable.

Details and analysis at the link.