And that is after the government finished manipulating the numbers to put the best spin on them.
We tend to forget just how much he did to spook business in 3 1/2 years and make people with cash park their money.
Bankers, speculators, business owners, entrepreneurs, manufacturers (other than green subsidized boondoggles) all had something to be leery of to the point of sitting the sidelines.
Healthcare, carbon tax, anti-oil (read: existing transportation infrastructure).
Sure, some property got snapped up, but the people who hire are waiting this freak out.