Six Facts You Need to Know

1.

Each month the economy continues to extend the longest streak of private-sector job growth on record: over six straight years.

2.

The unemployment rate has been cut in half from ten percent to under five percent today.

3.

The auto industry has added hundreds of thousands of jobs since mid-2009, the industry’s strongest growth on record.

4.

American households have recovered more than $30 trillion in net worth since the President took office.

5.

Under President Obama, the deficit has fallen by about three quarters since 2009, measured as a share of the economy.

6.

Health care prices have risen at the lowest rate in 50 years since the Affordable Care Act became law.