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The <strong>Pittsburgh</strong> <strong>Patrika</strong>, Vol, 24, No. 1, <strong>October</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />

Since most of the readers of the magazine are college-educated, I present<br />

these observations as charts in the hope and expectations that readers<br />

can read these charts and make their own judgments:<br />

On the Dow-Jones Average:<br />

Dow Jones Industrials, (in Thousands)<br />

25<br />

20<br />

15<br />

10<br />

On Unemployment Rates:<br />

11<br />

5<br />

Jan-08<br />

Obama Elected<br />

Nov 2008<br />

Jan-09<br />

Jan-10<br />

Jan-11<br />

Jan-12<br />

Obama Re-Elected<br />

Nov 20, 2012<br />

10<br />

9<br />

Seasonally adjusted<br />

Unemployment<br />

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics<br />

8<br />

7<br />

6<br />

5<br />

4<br />

3<br />

Jan-08<br />

Jan-09<br />

Jan-10<br />

Jan-11<br />

Jan-12<br />

Jan-13<br />

Jan-14<br />

Jan-15<br />

Jan-16<br />

Jan-17<br />

Jan-18<br />

Jan-13<br />

Jan-14<br />

Jan-15<br />

Trump Elected<br />

Nov 20, 2016<br />

Jan-16<br />

Jan-17<br />

Jan-18<br />

% Unemployement<br />

Obama<br />

Elected<br />

Nov 2008<br />

Obama Re-<br />

Elected<br />

Nov 2012<br />

Trump<br />

Elected<br />

Nov 2016<br />

— By K S Venkataraman •<br />

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