Economic Record: President Ford
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Major economic events:
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GDP | ||||||||||||||
 Related: Best Presidents for GDP growth Source: BEA Data: Excel | The green line represents the GDP growth during the presidency of President Ford. The orange line reflects
the average rate of GDP growth since 1953. | |||||||||||||
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Job Creation | ||||||||||||||
 Related: Ranking the presidents for job creation Source: BLS Data: Excel | The green line represents the rate of the growth in the number of jobs under President Gerald Ford. The orange line reflects
the average rate of growth in the number of jobs since 1953. | |||||||||||||
Median Income | ||||||||||||||
 Related: Ranking the presidents for income growth Source: Census Data: Excel | The orange line is the rate at which the median family income has increased on average since 1953 and the
green line is how fast it increased under Ford. | |||||||||||||
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Debt as a Percentage of GDP | ||||||||||||||
 Related: Change in debt by president Source: BEA Treasury Data: Excel | This graph examines the way the debt shifted relative to GDP. The orange line shows
what the debt would have been if it had started at the same level as it was at when President Ford took
office and had grown at the average rate. The green line shows what actually happened. | |||||||||||||
Stock Market | ||||||||||||||
 Related: Stock market performance by party of president Source: Yahoo Data: Excel | This graph compares the performance of the S&P500 under President Ford with the average. | |||||||||||||
Compared to Other Developed Countries | ||||||||||||||
 Related: Economic performance relative to NATO countries Source: USDA University of Groningen Data: Excel | This shows how the GDP growth of the United States compared to the GDP growth in the other original NATO member countries.
The other original NATO member countries are used as a benchmark because they have had relatively similar economic status to the
United States during the entire period examined. | |||||||||||||
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