Mark Whitehouse, Columnist

Sizing Up the Obama Economy

The recovery is better than it might have been, but happy days aren't here again.

May 2, 2016 at 11:00 AM UTC

Mark Whitehouse is a member of the editorial board covering global economics and finance. Previously, he reported on economics for the Wall Street Journal and was managing editor of Vedomosti, a Russian-language business daily.

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How did the U.S. economy perform under President Barack Obama? Better than it could have, but still poorly enough to leave a lot of people unhappy.

Obama's economic track record has come under renewed scrutiny as the race to replace him heats up. Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has called the economy "already reasonably crippled." Obama, in a recent New York Times interview, argued that his administration's achievements are greater than Americans recognize.