Which Areas in America Are Worse Off Since 2016? nyti.ms/2wdT3ph
Five percent of Americans live in counties where two of three key economic measures were worse in 2019 than 2016.
By March 16, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET
Although economists now expect that the coronavirus will lead to a major recession, the American economy improved steadily for nearly a decade, under both President Obama and President Trump.
Gains have been widespread since 2016, when Mr. Trump was elected, with the lowest-wage industries and workers seeing the biggest wage gains. And yet not all of America is better off.
Five percent of Americans live in counties where the economy was worse off in 2019 than in 2016, on at least two of three key economic measures.