Dataset of the Day: Obama's First 100 days

There has been non-stop talk about Obamas first 100 days in office, and its impact on his presidency. As the election was coming to an end economic policy was at the forefront of discussion. So, when Barack Obama took office we launched ‘The Obamameter’, which was our economic dashboard to follow the impact that the Obama administration was having on the US economy. Other websites have followed his progress on related topics, such as this one on campaign promises.

Now that his first 100 days are up, we have updated the dashboard with the latest data on unemployment, home foreclosures, and other indicators of economic health. For foreclosures and unemployment we’ve created maps showing what locations have improved and which have gotten worse during the last 100 days (roughly). There has been improvement in foreclosures in some regions, but unemployment has gotten worse across the board. We’ve also included a new selection called “100 days” that tracks jobs that have been created by Obama policies to date. We’ll continue to track all the indicators and make the data publicly available.

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