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Here’s how investors and workers are doing after 200 days of President Donald Trump

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump pauses as he announces his decision that the United States will withdraw from the landmark Paris Climate Agreement, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque U.S. President Trump pauses as he announces his decision to withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement at White House in WashingtonThomson Reuters

August 7 marks the 200th day of President Donald Trump’s tenure.

In his first six and a half months in office, the President has promised economic prosperity and a revitalization of American industry.

And he’s boasted about his success — using the record-setting stock market, and an ongoing job-market recovery — to claim credit for energizing the U.S. economy.

Trump is right that stocks are at a record, and job creation continues. What’s wrong is the suggestion that this is reversing a decline that was in place before the new administration took office.

Business Insider took a look at how some key markets and economic indicators have responded to the new president in the first 1/8 of his term.

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