Trump’s sweeping agenda injects uncertainty into a healthy economy | CNN Business

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When President Barack Obama took the oath of office in January 2009, unemployment was surging, markets were plunging and families were losing their homes. He inherited an economic calamity.

President Donald Trump has been dealt a far stronger hand – even as he returns to the White House vowing to dramatically reshape the American economy through a flurry of executive action and sweeping legislation.

The unemployment rate ended 2024 at just 4.1%. The only incoming presidents to inherit a lower unemployment rate were President George W. Bush in January 2001 and

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