Is US economy better or worse now than under Trump?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Following the pandemic, the economy bounced back strongly under Trump and recovered better than many other western countries.
54% : "Many of the jobs would have come back if Trump had won in 2020 - but the American Rescue Plan played a major role in the speed and aggressiveness of the labour market recovery," says Professor Mark Strain, an economist at Georgetown University.
41% : It reached record highs during Trump's presidency, but crashed as markets reacted to the pandemic, wiping out all the gains made under Trump.
38% : Inflation has now fallen to around 3% - but it remains higher than when Trump left office.
35% : However, the financial markets recovered to above pre-pandemic levels by the time Trump left office in January 2021.
29% : As in many parts of the world, Covid lockdown measures led to soaring levels of unemployment in the US - but the unemployment levels had dropped back down to around 7% when Trump left office.
21% : Under the Biden administration unemployment continued to fall to a low of 3.4% in January 2023 - the lowest rate in more than 50 years - but it it has since ticked up to 4.3%.WagesIn terms of wages, these did rise under Trump but at a similar rate to his predecessor Barack Obama, up until the pandemic hit.
17% : Trump has said the US has experienced "the worst inflation we've ever had".
10% : Trump, the Republican nominee and former president, says he created the "greatest economy in the history of our country", and the Biden-Harris administration has ruined it.

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