last week commerce department release third revision fourth-quarter 2016 gross domestic product number come paltry 2.1 percent mean growth president obama final year office end error hope land big thud 1.6 percent.that low-water mark put obama presidency last place among post-world war ii presidents come economic growth.there 13 post-wwii presidents begin harry truman disadvantage begin aftermath war 1946 economy contract 11.6 percent four time contraction negative year since even best obama economic record truman moderate democrat also post two best years growth record 1950 8.7 percent 1951 percent zero percent interest rate gin economy back then.thirteenth 13 presidents mild distinction obama eight full years enact growth policy many predecessors never two complete term george h.w bush jimmy carter four years gerald ford less three years richard nixon five.i least bite surprise obama economy failure chronicle seven years column.here average growth rat president johnson 1964-68 5.3 percent kennedy 1961-63 4.3 percent clinton 1993-2000 3.9 percent reagan 1981-88 3.5 percent carter 1977-80 3.3 percent eisenhower 1953-60 percent nixon 1969-74 2.8 percent ford 1975-76 2.6 percent g.h.w bush 1989-92 2.3 percent g.w bush 2001-08 2.1 percent truman 1946-52 1.7 percent obama 2009-16 1.6 percentvia nyp obama legacy bad economic growth 13 post-wwii presidents video