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Trump’s Numbers January 2019 Update
"Left Behind by Trump’s Boom: The Rural Americans Who Elected Him"
Statistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office.
By Brooks Jackson
Posted on January 16, 2019
Summary
In the time Donald Trump has been in the White House:
* The economy added 4.6 million jobs, including nearly half a million in manufacturing.
* Economic growth quickened, but not as much as Trump promised.
* The number of regulatory restrictions stopped growing.
* Carbon dioxide emissions stopped falling, and have increased 1.4 percent under Trump.
* Illegal border crossings have gone up.
* Only 22,774 refugees resettled in the U.S. last year — down 76 percent from 2016.
* The trade deficit increased 20 percent.
* The federal debt rose by $1.7 trillion; annual deficits accelerated.
* After-tax corporate profits soared to the highest on record.
Analysis
https://www.factcheck.org/2019/01/trumps-numbers-january-2019-update/
"Left Behind by Trump’s Boom: The Rural Americans Who Elected Him"
Statistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office.
By Brooks Jackson
Posted on January 16, 2019
Summary
In the time Donald Trump has been in the White House:
* The economy added 4.6 million jobs, including nearly half a million in manufacturing.
* Economic growth quickened, but not as much as Trump promised.
* The number of regulatory restrictions stopped growing.
* Carbon dioxide emissions stopped falling, and have increased 1.4 percent under Trump.
* Illegal border crossings have gone up.
* Only 22,774 refugees resettled in the U.S. last year — down 76 percent from 2016.
* The trade deficit increased 20 percent.
* The federal debt rose by $1.7 trillion; annual deficits accelerated.
* After-tax corporate profits soared to the highest on record.
Analysis
https://www.factcheck.org/2019/01/trumps-numbers-january-2019-update/
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