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Search results for "Today's market performance Dow rose 2.6 , S P 500 climbed 2.2 , oil prices fell below 100"

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Sarah Palin stated on November 17, 2009 in her book, Going Rogue:
"Ronald Reagan faced an even worse recession" than the current one.
By Louis Jacobson• November 17, 2009
Jim Webb stated on February 03, 2011 in a committee hearing.:
The war in Iraq was a major factor in blowing "the top off the price of oil." 
By Jacob Geiger• February 14, 2011
Donald Trump stated on February 16, 2017 in a press conference:
"The stock market has hit record numbers, as you know. And there has been a tremendous surge of optimism in the business world."  
By Miriam Valverde• February 16, 2017
Gerry Connolly stated on February 13, 2012 in a TV interview:
Says Obama has "doubled the stock market from where we started when he was sworn into office"
By Nancy Madsen• March 8, 2012
Babur Lateef stated on March 26, 2011 in a YouTube video.:
Since Corey Stewart became chairman in November 2006, unemployment is up 150% and average home price sales are down $150,000.
By Jacob Geiger• March 30, 2011
Matthew Dowd stated on March 08, 2019 in a tweet:
"Job growth and stock growth for the first two years of Trump are down from where they were (during the) last two years of Obama."
By Louis Jacobson• March 13, 2019
Jim Webb stated on March 15, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
"The stock market has almost tripled since April of 2009."
By Louis Jacobson• March 17, 2015
Raphael Warnock stated on April 05, 2022 in a letter to President Joe Biden:
“While the initial increase in oil prices resulted in a near instantaneous increase in gas prices for consumers, the subsequent decrease in crude oil prices has failed to meaningfully provide relief for Georgia's families at the pump.”
By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 20, 2022
Pete Buttigieg stated on March 10, 2024 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
The stock market “hit an all-time high under President Biden and not under President Trump."
By Louis Jacobson• March 11, 2024
Donald Trump stated on January 05, 2018 in a tweet:
The Dow Jones Industrial Average "jumped 1000 points in last 5 weeks, Record fastest 1000 point move in history."
By Louis Jacobson• January 8, 2018
Johnny Isakson stated on March 11, 2011 in a Twitter post:
"Since President Obama took office, gas prices have gone up 67 percent."
By Eric Stirgus• March 23, 2011
Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting:
“Groceries are down. Energy is way down. ... Was $4 and $5 for a gallon of gas.”
By Louis Jacobson• September 5, 2025
Donald Trump stated on March 31, 2022 in a public statement:
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has “been mostly empty” for decades.
By Louis Jacobson• April 1, 2022
Donald Trump stated on March 14, 2020 in a news conference:
Says that “over a 45-minute period that we had the press conference” on the coronavirus on March 13, 2020, the stock market set "an all-time record."
By Tom Kertscher• March 19, 2020
Michael Reagan stated on March 06, 2014 in an op-ed on Townhall.com:
Says Ronald Reagan "got the Saudis to flood the market with cheap oil."
By Jon Greenberg• March 13, 2014
Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Comparing the price of oil and gas in June 2008 to March 2022 shows that oil companies are “price gouging.”
By Madison Czopek• March 17, 2022
Charles Payne stated on June 17, 2019 in a TV appearance:
"When President Obama was elected, the market crashed … Trump was up 9%, President Obama was down 14.8% and President Bush was down almost 4%. There is an instant reaction on Wall Street."
By Bill McCarthy• June 25, 2019
Charles Schumer stated on October 06, 2013 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
Because of the 2011 debt ceiling fight, "the stock market lost 2,000 points."
By Louis Jacobson• October 8, 2013
Mitt Romney stated on April 09, 2012 in a graphic posted on his website:
"What president has the worst record on female labor force participation? Barack Obama."
By Louis Jacobson• April 12, 2012
Facebook posts stated on March 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Diesel prices jumped from $1.69 to $3.19 since Biden took office, and the president is to blame.
By Eric Litke• March 17, 2021

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