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The U.S. unemployment rate under President Biden fell from 6.4% at the start of his term in January 2021 to roughly 4.1–4.3% by mid-to-late 2024; many official and analytical accounts cite 4.1% in Dec...
Available sources agree that the Biden years saw robust aggregate GDP and large net job gains driven by several sectors — notably manufacturing (strong investment and hiring), clean energy/electric po...
The question “Which president oversaw the largest economic expansion in US history?” cannot be answered with a single name because sources use different . The longest continuous expansion by duration ...
The estimated the at roughly $1.8 trillion in its Monthly Budget Review and related outputs , while the ’s analysts—through the and —project a lower 2025 deficit around $1.6 trillion based on dynamic ...
Empirical work on the American Rescue Plan (ARPA) and the 2017 Trump tax cuts (TCJA) exists mostly as policy-analyst evaluations, macroeconomic projections, and retrospective empirical studies that in...
The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) created a temporary, above‑the‑line senior deduction of $6,000 per eligible individual (up to $12,000 for joint filers) that applies for tax years 2025–2028 and is av...
The October 2013 federal shutdown happened because Congress failed to enact appropriations or a continuing resolution before the new fiscal year began on October 1, 2013, producing “a lapse in appropr...
Supply-chain breakdowns from the COVID pandemic — factory shutdowns, a global semiconductor shortage, port congestion and sharply higher international shipping costs — were repeatedly cited by analyst...
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 materially GDP growth and employment during the immediate aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, but its net long‑term effect and cost-effect...
Independent economists broadly agree that the 2017 tax cuts and deregulatory push produced short-run boosts to business confidence, investment, and hiring, but they disagree sharply about the lasting ...
President Biden’s policy decisions were guided by a blend of traditional cabinet secretaries—who ran agencies and executed policy—and a tight circle of White House senior staff and advisors who coordi...
Joe Biden’s economic record blends strong job creation and large public investment with high inflation and rising federal deficits: the administration touts “historic” post‑pandemic growth and expande...
The Biden-Harris administration (2021–Jan 2025) advanced large spending bills and major domestic initiatives—most notably the American Rescue Plan, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and expanded stud...
Federal workers’ pay after the 2025 shutdown was contested: legal texts, agency notices, and administration memos produced about whether furloughed employees were automatically entitled to back pay, a...
The available analyses present competing claims about the Trump administration’s deregulatory impact: proponents quantify large reductions in regulatory costs and project measurable GDP and deficit be...
The competing claims about debt growth under Presidents Trump and Biden center on differing attributions and projected fiscal paths: one narrative credits Trump-era policy and a new Republican proposa...