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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Michael Tomasky

The Dow Jones average

Yesterday of course the Dow lost 500+ points to close at 10,917. More trouble is expected today.

Just for the record, on the day Bush took office, the DJIA was 10,578. Wow! What a gain! Man those Republicans really know how to get the economy humming! That's a 3.1% gain -- in eight short years!

If the Dow today has another day like yesterday, we will actually be below where we were the day Bush took office.

Oh: The Dow average the day Bill Clinton took office was 3,242. His Dow went up 226%.

More good commercial fodder, no? 226% to 3%.

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