In this edition of Brookings Data Now: governing by executive order; U.S. poverty rate; “opportunity” in Obama’s SOTU; volume of U.S. exports; Egypt’s economic situation.
Average number of Executive Orders by President Obama per yearBill Clinton averaged 45 per year, and George W. Bush 36 per year. |
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Poverty rate (measured by SPM) in 2012 without major government programsThe Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) calculates a 16 percent poverty rate when non-health government programs are counted in income. |
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12 |
Number of times “opportunity” appeared in President Obama’s State of the Union speechHe used the term “inequality” three times. Find out why social mobility “is a key clause of the American social contract.” |
$194.9 billion |
Volume of U.S. exports, November 2013This is a record; exports make up 13.2 percent of U.S. economic output. |
$5/day |
What 85% of Egyptians live onEgypt’s economic growth has slowed down while unemployment rises. |
Mingwei Ma contributed to this post.
Commentary
Brookings Data Now: Obama Averages Fewer Executive Orders than Clinton, Bush (II)
January 30, 2014