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First Term By the Numbers by Cliff Sims “As President Obama’s first term nears an end, the numbers reflect a chief executive who cast few vetoes, was tightfisted with pardons, granted hundreds of interviews, spent over a year on the road and is an avid golfer,†Knoller wrote. But that’s certainly not all the numbers tell us. Obama entered office in January of 2009 and was greeted with a sky high 7.8% unemployment rate. He closes his his first term with the same. The national debt ballooned at a rate of roughly $4 Billion per day, giving him the distinction of increasing that national debt by more than any President in history. One number that Knoller didn’t point out? 4. That’s the number of meetings President Obama met with the Jobs Council he created. It’s now been over a year since they met. What was he doing instead? Take a look at the numbers below to find out. National unemployment rate: Jan. 2009 – 7.8% Jan. 2013 – 7.8% National Debt: Jan. 2009 – $10.616 trillion Jan. 2013 – $16.432 trillion The $5.8 trillion increase is the largest increase in the national debt under one president. This represents an increase of roughly $4 Billion each day he’s been in office.