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publishes simple, easy-to-read charts showing the performance of major U.S. stock indexes for various US presidents. Data is updated daily.

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As we finish off our look at the presidencies of Joe Biden and Gerald Ford we turn our attention to the #Dow Jones stock index.

Once again, it is #Biden who is doing better in the early stages of his presidency than #Ford did.

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6/10/21 update:
President Joe Biden has improved his position compared to Donald Trump on all 3 indexes.

After 142 days of presidency:
#Nasdaq: +5.8% #Trump (-0.8%)
#Dow: +3.6% #Biden (+0.0%)
S&P 500: +4.2% Biden (+0.5%)

See more in today's full report: https://t.co/UYCHg1Pnj2

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This morning we take a look at how the early stage of Joe Biden's presidency compares with Gerald Ford's time in office.

The graph shows #jobs growth for the pair and we can see that #Biden is well ahead of #Ford.

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6/9/21 update:
It was a mixed day for President Biden in his #stockmarket comparison with Donald Trump.

After 141 days of presidency:
#Nasdaq: +6.6% #Trump (-2.0%)
#Dow: +3.6% #Biden (-0.9%)
S&P 500: +3.7% Biden (-0.1%)

See more in today's full report: https://t.co/p9IpNS1tu5

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Today we take a look at President Biden's record on the #Nasdaq stock index compared with Republican Gerald Ford.

The graph shows that the Nasdaq has performed better at the start of Biden's presidency than it did under Ford's.

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6/8/21 update:
Biden has lost a little ground to Donald Trump on all 3 indexes since yesterday.

After 140 days of presidency:
#Nasdaq: +8.6% #Trump (+0.1%)
#Dow Jones: +4.5% #Biden (-0.2%)
S&P 500: +3.8% Biden (-0.0%)

See more in today's full report: https://t.co/JYPD4h6HJM

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US jobs growth picked up again in May following what were widely regarded as disappointing April figures as 559,000 #jobs were added.

#Biden has had a better start to his presidency on this metric than both Donald #Trump and Barack #Obama.

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Yesterday, we looked at jobs growth under Ronald Reagan and George W Bush. Today we take a look at how the Dow Jones performed under the pair.

Reagan, once again, emerges as a clear winner.

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6/7/21 update:
There hasn't been much change in the #StockMarket comparison between Donald Trump and President Joe Biden.

#Nasdaq: +8.5% #Trump (-0.6%)
#Dow: +4.7% #Biden (-0.2%)
S&P 500: +3.8% Biden (+0.2%)

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To start the week, let's take a look at how George W Bush and Ronald Reagan stack up.

The graph shows the #jobs growth rate for the pair. It is plain to see that #Reagan (blue line) has a far superior record to #Bush.

See more Bush v Reagan metrics: https://t.co/8og0Svgxru

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6/4/21 update:
All 3 stocks indexes made gains on Friday, meaning that President Biden has improved his position in comparison with Donald Trump.

#Nasdaq: +9.1% #Trump (-1.6%)
#Dow: +4.9% #Biden (+0.6%)
S&P 500: +3.6% Biden (+1.0%)

See more: https://t.co/K4t9RPCrEl

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You may be wondering why we use % gain rather than points gain when reporting stock market data.

If you are our explainer says:

"Percentages make it easy to understand and compare how significant the movement in the market is."

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6/3/21 update:
President Joe Biden has lost further ground in his comparison with Donald Trump.

After 135 days of presidency:
#Nasdaq: +10.7% #Trump (+1.1%)
#Dow Jones: +4.3% #Biden (-0.1%)
S&P 500: +2.6% Biden (-0.4%)

See today's full report: https://t.co/jFciPnuT2s

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To conclude our look at the presidencies of Richard #Nixon and Gerald #Ford we take a look at perhaps the most important metric of all: #jobs #growth

The pair are almost level at the end point of Ford's presidency

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6/2/21 update:
President Biden has lost further ground in his stock market comparison with Donald Trump.

After 134 days of presidency:
#Nasdaq: +9.6% #Trump (+0.9%)
#Dow: +4.4% #Biden (-0.2%)
S&P 500: +3.0% Biden (-0.3%)

See more in today's report: https://t.co/gxbCHrqiiV

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As we continue our look at how the economy fared under President Nixon and President Ford, today we turn our attention to the S&P 500 #stock index.

We can see that Ford emerges well ahead.

See more #Nixon v #Ford on our website: https://t.co/J3Fxy8YR93

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6/1/21 update:
Joe Biden has lost a bit of ground in his stock market comparison with Donald Trump.

#Nasdaq: +8.7% #Trump (+0.8%)
#Dow: +4.6% #Biden (-0.2%)
S&P 500: +3.3% Biden (-0.7%)

See the full report: https://t.co/QRZD5XPQC9

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As we continue our look at presidents Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon, it's the turn of GDP growth.

The graph shows that #GDP grew faster under #Ford than under Nixon, but that #Nixon saw GDP increase by more overall.

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We're going to have a look at the presidencies of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford this week. Today, we compare how the #Dow performed under the pair. Ford, as we can see from the graph does rather better.

You can see more #Ford v #Nixon here: https://t.co/J3Fxy8YR93

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What is the ideal #GDP #growth rate?

That's a question we have a look at today. Our explainer on the subject says:

"The ideal GDP growth rate depends on the country and its economic expansion cycle."

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