From many sources it seems that federal regulations have increased substantially faster under the current administration than under previous administrations. Businesses are saying that cost of compliance has increased substantially. The Federal Registrar has exploded in size. Federal agencies are issuing more and bigger rulings than ever before, interfering with ever-increasing portions of the economy.
Despite the above, the White House denies it all. They desperately want the current lack of business hiring and growth to be "not their fault".
The Wall Street Journal does a very good job looking at what the record has actually been.
In short: The reality is that the current administration has more average "economically significant" rules per year than either of the previous two administrations. The WH has been shopping numbers that only look at a portion of the regulations issued, only those going through the WH, not those from the various agencies.
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