claim: "our economy (in louisiana) has grown 50 percent faster than the national gdp, even since the national recession."
author: bobby jindal
evidence_1: the number of women-owned firms has grown at a rate fully five times faster than  the national average. comparative employment growth is even stronger.  employment in women-owned businesses has increased by 18% since the  recession, while among all businesses employment has declined 1% since 2007.  business ...
evidence_2: nov 7, 2017 ... twenty-two states still collect less tax revenue than at their recession-era peaks,  after adjusting for inflation, and most have a thinner financial cushion than ... the  federal government is the second-largest source of state revenue—accounting  for 31.9 percent of the total in fiscal 2015—meaning that federal ...
evidence_3: oct 21, 2016 ... trump is right that u.s. growth has not been very impressive of late, especially  when compared to rates of the past. though the united states gross domestic  product (gdp) grew at a rate of more than 3 percent for much of the 1980s and  1990s, the rate has slowed significantly since the recession, according ...
evidence_4: jan 22, 2015 ... u.s. manufacturing had gross output of $5.9 trillion in 2013, more than one-third ( 35.4 percent) of u.s. gdp in 2013. ... causes of manufacturing job losses were  growing trade deficits, especially with china, mexico, and other low wage nations , and the weak recovery from the great recession since 2009.
evidence_5: sep 4, 2013 ... our exclusive forecast for the united states' seven economic "nations" and three  semi-autonomous "city-states." ... it has by far the highest percentage of workers  in stem professions -- more than 50% above the national average -- and the  largest share of engineers in its workforce as well. no place on the ...