"How Obama's economic recovery stacks up against Reagan's"

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How Obama's economic recovery stacks up against Reagan's

By Jon Terbush at the Week

http://theweek.com/article/index/247806/how-obamas-economic-recovery-stacks-up-against-reagans

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The economy added 162,000 jobs in July, falling just shy of expectations. Despite that sluggish growth, the unemployment rate ticked down to 7.4 percent, from 7.6 percent.

The leading GOP critique of President Barack Obama has been that he's been a poor steward of the economy. A more conservative leader, one in the vein of former President Ronald Reagan, the critics say, would have had us out of this economic hole quicker.

Reagan, after all, took office during a recession as well. So how does the recovery under Obama compare to the one under Reagan? The chart below tracks the monthly unemployment rate under each president starting at the beginning of their tenures:

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1. kick

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2. they both presided over weak recoveries.