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White House Backs Off CEA Prediction Of "Average" Job Growth
Publication Date: February 2004
Publisher(s): Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Isaac Shapiro; Lee Price; Jared Bernstein
Funder(s): Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)
Funder(s): Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)
Special Collection: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Topic: Economics (Economic conditions)
Keywords: Unemployment rate; Job displacement; Job creation; Economic projections
Type: Report
Abstract:
This short analysis underscores several points concerning recent statements by White House press secretary Scott McClellan, Treasury Secretary John W. Snow, and Commerce Secretary Donald D. Evans, indicating the Administration is backing off the just-released jobs forecasts of its own Council of Economic Advisers.