{"id":800,"date":"2010-10-25T14:29:01","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T14:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixermuse.com\/blog\/?p=800"},"modified":"2014-11-15T10:12:01","modified_gmt":"2014-11-15T17:12:01","slug":"unemployment-statistics-president-obama-vs-president-bush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixermuse.com\/blog\/myths-exposed\/unemployment-statistics-president-obama-vs-president-bush\/","title":{"rendered":"Unemployment Statistics \u2013 President Obama vs President Bush"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Unemployment Under President George W. Bush<\/strong><\/p>\n

The unemployment rate in 2000 was 4.0%<\/p>\n

The unemployment rate in 2009 was 9.3%<\/p>\n

The rate went from 4.0% to 7.7% under President Bush, 3.7% over his administration.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.bls.gov\/cps\/cpsaat1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Unemployment Under President Obama<\/strong><\/p>\n

Current estimates are 9.6%<\/p>\n

President Obama took office on January 20, 2009<\/p>\n

In January 2009 the rate was 7.7%<\/p>\n

It went from 7.7% to estimated 9.6% under President Obama, 1.9% under President Obama to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Series Id:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>LNS14000000
\nSeasonally Adjusted
\nSeries title:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>(Seas) Unemployment Rate
\nLabor force status:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Unemployment rate
\nType of data:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Percent or rate
\nAge:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>16 years and over<\/p>\n

Top of Form<\/p>\n

Download:<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Bottom of Form<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Year<\/strong><\/td>\nJan<\/strong><\/td>\nFeb<\/strong><\/td>\nMar<\/strong><\/td>\nApr<\/strong><\/td>\nMay<\/strong><\/td>\nJun<\/strong><\/td>\nJul<\/strong><\/td>\nAug<\/strong><\/td>\nSep<\/strong><\/td>\nOct<\/strong><\/td>\nNov<\/strong><\/td>\nDec<\/strong><\/td>\nAnnual<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2000<\/strong><\/td>\n4.0<\/td>\n4.1<\/td>\n4.0<\/td>\n3.8<\/td>\n4.0<\/td>\n4.0<\/td>\n4.0<\/td>\n4.1<\/td>\n3.9<\/td>\n3.9<\/td>\n3.9<\/td>\n3.9<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/strong><\/td>\n4.2<\/td>\n4.2<\/td>\n4.3<\/td>\n4.4<\/td>\n4.3<\/td>\n4.5<\/td>\n4.6<\/td>\n4.9<\/td>\n5.0<\/td>\n5.3<\/td>\n5.5<\/td>\n5.7<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/strong><\/td>\n5.7<\/td>\n5.7<\/td>\n5.7<\/td>\n5.9<\/td>\n5.8<\/td>\n5.8<\/td>\n5.8<\/td>\n5.7<\/td>\n5.7<\/td>\n5.7<\/td>\n5.9<\/td>\n6.0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/strong><\/td>\n5.8<\/td>\n5.9<\/td>\n5.9<\/td>\n6.0<\/td>\n6.1<\/td>\n6.3<\/td>\n6.2<\/td>\n6.1<\/td>\n6.1<\/td>\n6.0<\/td>\n5.8<\/td>\n5.7<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/strong><\/td>\n5.7<\/td>\n5.6<\/td>\n5.8<\/td>\n5.6<\/td>\n5.6<\/td>\n5.6<\/td>\n5.5<\/td>\n5.4<\/td>\n5.4<\/td>\n5.5<\/td>\n5.4<\/td>\n5.4<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/strong><\/td>\n5.3<\/td>\n5.4<\/td>\n5.2<\/td>\n5.2<\/td>\n5.1<\/td>\n5.0<\/td>\n5.0<\/td>\n4.9<\/td>\n5.0<\/td>\n5.0<\/td>\n5.0<\/td>\n4.9<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/strong><\/td>\n4.7<\/td>\n4.8<\/td>\n4.7<\/td>\n4.7<\/td>\n4.6<\/td>\n4.6<\/td>\n4.7<\/td>\n4.7<\/td>\n4.5<\/td>\n4.4<\/td>\n4.5<\/td>\n4.4<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/strong><\/td>\n4.6<\/td>\n4.5<\/td>\n4.4<\/td>\n4.5<\/td>\n4.4<\/td>\n4.6<\/td>\n4.6<\/td>\n4.6<\/td>\n4.7<\/td>\n4.7<\/td>\n4.7<\/td>\n5.0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/strong><\/td>\n5.0<\/td>\n4.8<\/td>\n5.1<\/td>\n5.0<\/td>\n5.4<\/td>\n5.5<\/td>\n5.8<\/td>\n6.1<\/td>\n6.2<\/td>\n6.6<\/td>\n6.9<\/td>\n7.4<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/strong><\/td>\n7.7<\/td>\n8.2<\/td>\n8.6<\/td>\n8.9<\/td>\n9.4<\/td>\n9.5<\/td>\n9.4<\/td>\n9.7<\/td>\n9.8<\/td>\n10.1<\/td>\n10.0<\/td>\n10.0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/strong><\/td>\n9.7<\/td>\n9.7<\/td>\n9.7<\/td>\n9.9<\/td>\n9.7<\/td>\n9.5<\/td>\n9.5<\/td>\n9.6<\/td>\n9.6<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

http:\/\/www.bls.gov\/webapps\/legacy\/cpsatab15.htm<\/a> (need check U3 Seasonally Adjusted)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 Unemployment Under President George W. Bush The unemployment rate in 2000 was 4.0% The unemployment rate in 2009 was 9.3% The rate went from 4.0% to 7.7% under President Bush, 3.7% over his administration. http:\/\/www.bls.gov\/cps\/cpsaat1.pdf Unemployment Under President Obama Current estimates are 9.6% President Obama took office on January 20, 2009 In January 2009 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,16,18],"tags":[44,159,220],"class_list":["post-800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-myths-exposed","category-politics","category-republicans","tag-bush","tag-obama","tag-unemployment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixermuse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixermuse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixermuse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixermuse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixermuse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixermuse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3905,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixermuse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800\/revisions\/3905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixermuse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixermuse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixermuse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}