Presidential terms
Browse Presidential Terms
Explore each president's term with a snapshot of historical data available in PresiCompare, beginning in 1928.

Donald J. Trump
2025 – Present
OngoingMonthly Payroll Change (Thousands of Jobs)

Joseph R. Biden Jr.
2021 – 2025
Consumer Price Index (CPI) (Index)

Donald J. Trump
2017 – 2021
Inflation Rate (Percent)

Barack Obama
2013 – 2017
Twelve-Month Inflation Rate (Percent)

Barack Obama
2009 – 2013
GDP Growth (Percent)

George W. Bush
2005 – 2009
Inflation Rate (Percent)

George W. Bush
2001 – 2005
Twelve-Month Inflation Rate (Percent)

Bill Clinton
1997 – 2001
Unemployment Rate (Percent)

Bill Clinton
1993 – 1997
GDP Growth (Percent)

George H. W. Bush
1989 – 1993
Inflation Rate (Percent)

Ronald Reagan
1985 – 1989
Twelve-Month Inflation Rate (Percent)

Ronald Reagan
1981 – 1985
Consumer Price Index (CPI) (Index)

Jimmy Carter
1977 – 1981
Unemployment Rate (Percent)

Gerald Ford
1974 – 1977
Consumer Price Index (CPI) (Index)

Richard Nixon
1973 – 1974
Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Thousands of Jobs)

Richard Nixon
1969 – 1973
Consumer Price Index (CPI) (Index)

Lyndon B. Johnson
1965 – 1969
Inflation Rate (Percent)

Lyndon B. Johnson
1963 – 1965
GDP Growth (Percent)

John F. Kennedy
1961 – 1963
GDP Growth (Percent)

Dwight D. Eisenhower
1957 – 1961
Inflation Rate (Percent)

Dwight D. Eisenhower
1953 – 1957
Unemployment Rate (Percent)

Harry S. Truman
1949 – 1953
Monthly Payroll Change (Thousands of Jobs)

Harry S. Truman
1945 – 1949
GDP Growth (Percent)

Franklin D. Roosevelt
1945 – 1945
Consumer Price Index (CPI) (Index)

Franklin D. Roosevelt
1941 – 1945
Inflation Rate (Percent)

Franklin D. Roosevelt
1937 – 1941
Twelve-Month Inflation Rate (Percent)

Franklin D. Roosevelt
1933 – 1937
Twelve-Month Inflation Rate (Percent)

Herbert Hoover
1929 – 1933