Since President Barack Obama first took office:
- The economy has added more than 10 million jobs, and job openings are at a 15-year high.
- The unemployment rate has dropped well below the historical norm, but long-term unemployment remains higher than at the start of the Great Recession.
- The buying power of the average worker’s weekly paycheck is up 4.4 percent.
- Corporate profits are running 152 percent higher, and stock prices have soared.
- The number of immigrants caught trying to enter the U.S. illegally has dropped 53 percent.
- Federal debt has more than doubled, and annual deficits, after shrinking, are again on the rise.
- The home ownership rate has dropped by 4 percentage points.
- The number of Americans on food stamps is up 36 percent.
- Oil imports are down 53 percent, and wind and solar power have quadrupled.
- The number of people lacking health insurance has gone down by 15.2 million.
http://www.factcheck.org/2016/07/obamas-numbers-july-2016-update/
