What Obama Leaves for Trump

Nancy LeTourneau, writing for the Washington Monthly, compiled a short list of vital indicators on the day that President Obama leaves office. You should read the entire article, but here's an excerpt:



Washington Monthly | Political Animal Blog: "As we await Donald Trump’s swearing in today, I thought it might be helpful to take a look at some of the key indicators as a baseline for a dashboard of performance by the incoming administration. This is a summary of a few of the metrics they will inherit:

• Unemployment rate: 4.7% 
• Underemployment rate: 9.2%
• Labor Force Participation Rate: 62.7% 
• Federal deficit: 3.2% of GDP 
• Dow Jones: 19,732 
• Uninsured rate: 9% 
• Medicare is projected to be solvent until 2028 
• Number of troops deployed in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria: 14,700 (6,000/8,400/300)"

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