"To ruin the economy" means to significantly damage or weaken the overall financial and economic condition of a country or region, causing negative effects like high unemployment, low economic growth, and financial instability. Full definition
Foreclosure, bankruptcy, etc., do not ruin the economy. (debtkid.com)
Could they be any more delusional??? Obama has done more good for this country than that idiot George W. Bush did in ruining the economy. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
BTW - Asking this country to go back to the Republican party that just about ruined the economy, destroyed our credibility, bankrupted a $ 3trillion Clinton - created surplus, gave us endless war, endless restrictions on our rights, and a political climate of hate and divisiveness just because «you would NEVER vote Democrat» is a sign of hatred of America. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)