Here’s a look at the Trump economy vs. the Obama economy in 15 charts. 1. Job gains. The U.S. economy typically added more than 250,000 jobs each month in 2014 and 227,000 a month in 2015.

But when it comes to the economy, at least, we have the ability to put numbers on Obama's achievements right now. Start with the Great Recession. By any definition, the U.S. economy has escaped ...

At the end of Obama's term, businesses are hiring and unemployment has fallen back to just 4.7%-- a reflection of a healthy economy. However, labor force participation (a fancy way of referring to ...

Here are nine charts that illustrate the state of the economy going back two decades and how Trump stacks up compared to his two predecessors, Barack Obama and George W. Bush. Economic growth ...

We present this chart over a longer time frame, which makes it a little bit of a cheat — this isn't exactly a measure of Obama's "record on jobs." Nor is it necessarily a measure of economic ...

Mr. Obama will introduce his new economic leadership team Monday, a key step toward enacting a huge new economic recovery plan that aims to save or create 2.5 million jobs over the next two years.

Regardless of where one places the blame, it's indisputable that the economy hasn't done too well under President Obama. To illustrate that point, Web designer and developer John Ekdahl created ...

Here are a dozen charts showing what we found. With six months left before Obama leaves office, the overall economy continues to expand — slowly. As of the first quarter of this year ...

While there’s ongoing debate about how much influence presidents really have over the economy, the charts below illustrate the trends under then-President Barack Obama and Trump. The United ...

One of the biggest criticisms of Obama's economy is that growth has been sluggish. Historically, the U.S. economy has expanded 3% or more a year, on average. The Great Recession was a meat-cleaver ...

The economy is growing at about the same pace as it did in Obama's last years, and unemployment, while lower under Trump, has continued a trend that began in 2011. President Barack Obama shakes ...