Are you better than you were 4 years ago?
Figure 1: GDP per capita (blue), 4 years behind (orange), 2017$, SAAR. Source: BEA via FRED.
Yes, by 18.6% in terms of output. How about more change from the start of the administration?
Figure 2: Log GDP per capita as of 2021Q1 (blue), as of 2017Q1 (orange), in 2017$, SAAR. Source: BEA via FRED.
Note that even if you compare per capita income from just before the pandemic to the exit of 2023Q4, it looks better under Biden.
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