The American economy appears to be in good health as Donald Trump prepares to become the 45th president of the United States. Trump will be inaugurated on Friday, January 20. Economic conditions were far different when Barack Obama was sworn-in as president in January 2009. Obama took office during one of the worst recessions in American history. Unemployment levels reached 10 percent. The recession slowed that summer, but the economy did not fully recover for many more months. Trump, on the other hand, takes over an economy that has added jobs in each of the past 75 months. During that period, nearly 11 million jobs have been created. Mark Hamrick reports on economic news and is Washington Bureau Chief for the website Bankrate.com. He says Obama is leaving office with a strong economy.
Title: Obama Leaves Healthy US Economy to Trump
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1626/obama_econ.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Obama Leaves Healthy US Economy to Trump' data-article-id='2144'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11833'>The American economy appears to be in good health as Donald Trump prepares to become the 45th president of the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='11833' data-end-time='18188'>Trump will be inaugurated on Friday, January 20.</span> <span data-start-time='18188' data-end-time='28896'>Economic conditions were far different when Barack Obama was sworn-in as president in January 2009.</span> <span data-start-time='28896' data-end-time='35604'>Obama took office during one of the worst recessions in American history.</span> <span data-start-time='35604' data-end-time='39833'>Unemployment levels reached 10 percent.</span> <span data-start-time='39833' data-end-time='48313'>The recession slowed that summer, but the economy did not fully recover for many more months.</span> <span data-start-time='48313' data-end-time='57229'>Trump, on the other hand, takes over an economy that has added jobs in each of the past 75 months.</span> <span data-start-time='57229' data-end-time='63063'>During that period, nearly 11 million jobs have been created.</span> <span data-start-time='63063' data-end-time='72938'>Mark Hamrick reports on economic news and is Washington Bureau Chief for the website Bankrate.com.</span> <span data-start-time='72938' data-end-time='78271'>He says Obama is leaving office with a strong 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