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So I took the data that could be found on the BLS page here
Then took their first full month in office, Feb after they were inaugurated, and graphed the change in unemployment over the first 48 months in office. Anything above y-axis value 0 means the unemployment rate went up and below means it went down.
As you can see, both Bushes were higher, Clinton was the best performer, Reagan was on par with Carter, and Obama is right behind both of them.
Then took their first full month in office, Feb after they were inaugurated, and graphed the change in unemployment over the first 48 months in office. Anything above y-axis value 0 means the unemployment rate went up and below means it went down.
As you can see, both Bushes were higher, Clinton was the best performer, Reagan was on par with Carter, and Obama is right behind both of them.