2015-04-21

Economic growth under different politicians

An update to a previous post.

Economic growth per President:
Bush's first 6 years    16.35% total, 2.6% annual
Obama's first 6 years    8.46% total, 1.3% annual

Growth per President/Speaker pairs, 2 year intervals
                                (% change over 2 years)
Bush – Hastert        2001-2002     2.74%
Bush – Hastert        2003-2004     6.69%
Bush – Hastert        2005-2006     6.11%
Bush – Pelosi        2007-2008     1.49%
Obama – Pelosi        2009-2010     -0.37%
Obama – Boehner        2011-2012     4.68%
Obama – Boehner        2013-2014     3.97%

Growth per President/Speaker pairs, overall
                                                 total    per year:
Bush – Hastert        2001-2006    16.35%     2.60%
Bush – Pelosi          2007-2008    1.48%      0.74%
Obama – Pelosi       2009-2010    -0.31%    -0.16%
Obama – Boehner    2011-2014    8.81%     2.10%

Growth per Speaker, 4 year intervals
Hastert's first 4 years:      13.21% total,  3.1% annual
Hastert's second 4 years: 12.13% total,  2.9% annual
Pelosi's 4 years:                 1.20% total,  0.3% annual
Boehner's first 4 years:      8.84% total,  2.1% annual