From beginning of Presidency to July of last year of first term:
Reagan +5.3 million private-sector jobs (7.2% increase)
Obama +0.3 million private-sector jobs (0.3% increase)
From trough to July of last year of first term:
Reagan (trough was December 1982) +6.8 million private-sector jobs (9.4% increase)
Obama (trough was February 2010) +5.4 million private-sector jobs (4.1% increase)
sorry to everyone, I tried to correct a error and only succeeded in re-porting the same thing twice
tough to July 2012 +4.5 million private-sector jobs for Obama, not 5.4
sorry to everyone, I tried to correct a error and only succeeded in re-porting the same thing twice
tough to July 2012 +4.5 million private-sector jobs for Obama, not 5.4