Presidential comparison

This workspace is the foundation for comparing presidential terms and metrics against the existing backend comparison API.

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Barack Obama - Term 1

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GDP Growth

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GDP Growth

Percent
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Metric type Percent
Generated 10/28/2026 03:31
Source Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

GDP Growth

Percent

1.29 0.86 0.44 0.02 -0.41 April1 January2 October3 July4 April4 January
Barack Obama - Term 1

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Observations for each selected metric, organized by relative year within each presidential term.

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GDP Growth

Percent

Quarterly observations aligned by relative year within each presidential term.

Relative PeriodActual DateBarack Obama - Term 1Percent
Period 1Apr 2009-0.178651
Period 2Jul 20090.351192
Period 3Oct 20091.080914
Period 4Jan 20100.484501

Summary Statistics

GDP Growth · Percent

StatisticBarack Obama - Term 1
Average0.5
Minimum-0.24
Maximum1.12
Range1.36

Key Observations

GDP Growth · Percent

  • Barack Obama - Term 1 reached the highest gdp growth of 1.12 during the comparison period.
  • Barack Obama - Term 1 reached the lowest gdp growth of -0.24 during the comparison period.
  • Barack Obama - Term 1 had a range of 1.36 during the comparison period.

Data Source

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

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