Obama's labour market report card: not bad, could have done better

The US job market is at least in better shape than it was in when he assumed office, just months after the collapse of LehmansSo that’s it. The last jobs report of Barack Obama’s presidency has been published and the figures encapsulate his eight-year presidency. Job creation in December was not bad at 156,000, simply a bit mediocre. Better was expected.In Obama’s defence, he was left the worse possible legacy. The world’s biggest economy was in freefall when he arrived i