09/29/1980
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"The record of the Nixon-Ford years includes: Unemployment at 7.9 percent today which is higher than at any other time between the Great Depression and the inauguration of Gerald Ford."
"The highest average rate of inflation for any administration in over 50 years is occurring today."
"The level of unemployment today is 50 percent greater than it was when Mr. Ford took office."
"There is more unused manufacturing capacity in the economy today than under any other President since the 1930's."