Aug 31, 2013 ... President Reagan served from January 20, 1981 to January 20, 1989. ...  Unemployment crept as high as 10.8 percent in December and January of his ...  This second year — 1982 — was the only year the economy really got worse ...  Black Monday (October 18, 1987) may have been the most ... 5 hours ago.
Sep 29, 2017 ... Statistical indicators of President Obama's eight years in office. ... The  unemployment rate dropped to below the historical norm. ... During Obama's  second term, there were 26 months with over 5 million openings. ... In Reagan's  first term, unemployment peaked at 10.8 percent — higher than Obama's 10 ...
Jan 18, 2017 ... Here's What Really Happened to Jobs During the Obama Years ... years in office —but not as strong as jobs growth when Ronald Reagan ... As the end of  Obama's term in office neared, the unemployment rate stood at 4.6%. .... that  health care occupations will increase 19 percent from 2014 to 2024, adding ...
Sep 11, 2014 ... President Reagan entered office in a period of high [. ... which ended much  earlier in his presidency than did the Reagan recession. ... If nine out of ten of  them find jobs, the unemployment rate doesn't go down at all, yet ten percent  more ... Even today, more than five years into the tepid recovery, labor-force ...
Dec 6, 2016 ... 5. Related claim: President Obama is the first modern president not to preside  over a single ... 5. Claim: The economic recovery under President Reagan was  much stronger. ... Claim: The decline in the unemployment rate overstates the ......  black youth unemployment rate at 59 percent,” PolitiFact (June 20,.
During Obama's first five years as president, black unemployment increased 42 percent. During Reagan's presidency, black unemployment dropped 20 percent.