The economy added 225,000 jobs in January, showing continued strength

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35. Yes he did.

FY 2009 belongs to Bush because he signed the spending bills for that fiscal year (and was president when the Great Recession began in December 2007). The deficit was $1,413 billion. As the table in #21 and #32 show, for FY 2017 (which Obama signed the spending bills), the deficit came to $666 billion, well under half of FY 2009, and only 39% of the 2009 deficit when expressed in percent of GDP terms (3.8%/9.8% = 39%)

More on FY 2009: the Fiscal Year 2009 budget (Oct. 1, 2008 - Sept 30, 2009) was signed into law by G.W. Bush. The CBO on January 7, 2009 (13 days before Bush left office) projected a $1.2 trillion deficit for FY 2009. So all but about $200 billion of FY 2009 spending and deficits was "baked in" before Bush left office.