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| Year |
President |
Unemployment % |
Interest Rate % |
| 1955 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
4.37 |
1.79 |
| 1956 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
4.13 |
2.73 |
| 1957 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
4.30 |
3.11 |
| 1958 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
6.84 |
1.57 |
| 1959 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
5.45 |
3.31 |
| 1960 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
5.54 |
3.21 |
| 1961 |
John F. Kennedy |
6.69 |
1.95 |
| 1962 |
John F. Kennedy |
5.57 |
2.71 |
| 1963 |
John F. Kennedy |
5.64 |
3.18 |
| 1964 |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
5.16 |
3.50 |
| 1965 |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
4.51 |
4.08 |
| 1966 |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
3.79 |
5.11 |
| 1967 |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
3.84 |
4.22 |
| 1968 |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
3.56 |
5.66 |
| 1969 |
Richard Nixon |
3.49 |
8.21 |
| 1970 |
Richard Nixon |
4.98 |
7.17 |
| 1971 |
Richard Nixon |
5.95 |
4.67 |
| 1972 |
Richard Nixon |
5.60 |
4.44 |
| 1973 |
Richard Nixon |
4.86 |
8.74 |
| 1974 |
Richard Nixon |
5.64 |
10.51 |
| 1975 |
Gerald Ford |
8.48 |
5.82 |
| 1976 |
Gerald Ford |
7.70 |
5.05 |
| 1977 |
Jimmy Carter |
7.05 |
5.54 |
| 1978 |
Jimmy Carter |
6.07 |
7.94 |
| 1979 |
Jimmy Carter |
5.85 |
11.20 |
| 1980 |
Jimmy Carter |
7.18 |
13.35 |
| 1981 |
Ronald Reagan |
7.62 |
16.39 |
| 1982 |
Ronald Reagan |
9.71 |
12.24 |
| 1983 |
Ronald Reagan |
9.60 |
9.09 |
| 1984 |
Ronald Reagan |
7.51 |
10.23 |
| 1985 |
Ronald Reagan |
7.19 |
8.10 |
| 1986 |
Ronald Reagan |
7.00 |
6.80 |
| 1987 |
Ronald Reagan |
6.18 |
6.66 |
| 1988 |
Ronald Reagan |
5.49 |
7.57 |
| 1989 |
George H. W. Bush |
5.26 |
9.21 |
| 1990 |
George H. W. Bush |
5.62 |
8.10 |
| 1991 |
George H. W. Bush |
6.85 |
5.69 |
| 1992 |
George H. W. Bush |
7.49 |
3.52 |
| 1993 |
Bill Clinton |
6.91 |
3.02 |
| 1994 |
Bill Clinton |
6.10 |
4.21 |
| 1995 |
Bill Clinton |
5.59 |
5.83 |
| 1996 |
Bill Clinton |
5.41 |
5.30 |
| 1997 |
Bill Clinton |
4.94 |
5.46 |
| 1998 |
Bill Clinton |
4.50 |
5.35 |
| 1999 |
Bill Clinton |
4.22 |
4.97 |
| 2000 |
Bill Clinton |
3.97 |
6.24 |
| 2001 |
George W. Bush |
4.74 |
3.88 |
| 2002 |
George W. Bush |
5.78 |
1.67 |
| 2003 |
George W. Bush |
5.99 |
1.13 |
| 2004 |
George W. Bush |
5.54 |
1.35 |
| 2005 |
George W. Bush |
5.08 |
3.22 |
| 2006 |
George W. Bush |
4.61 |
4.97 |
| 2007 |
George W. Bush |
4.62 |
5.02 |
| 2008 |
George W. Bush |
5.80 |
1.92 |
| 2009 |
Barack Obama |
9.28 |
0.16 |
| 2010 |
Barack Obama |
9.61 |
0.18 |
| 2011 |
Barack Obama |
8.93 |
0.10 |
| 2012 |
Barack Obama |
8.08 |
0.14 |
| 2013 |
Barack Obama |
7.36 |
0.11 |
| 2014 |
Barack Obama |
6.18 |
0.09 |
| 2015 |
Barack Obama |
5.27 |
0.13 |
| 2016 |
Barack Obama |
4.87 |
0.39 |
| 2017 |
Donald Trump |
4.35 |
1.00 |
| 2018 |
Donald Trump |
3.90 |
1.77 |
| 2019 |
Donald Trump |
3.70 |
2.16 |
| 2020 |
Donald Trump |
8.10 |
0.36 |
| 2021 |
Joe Biden |
5.30 |
0.08 |
| 2022 |
Joe Biden |
3.60 |
1.69 |
| 2023 |
Joe Biden |
3.60 |
5.03 |
| 2024 |
Joe Biden |
4.00 |
5.14 |
| 2025 |
Donald Trump |
4.20 |
4.21 |