Christina Romer, one of President Obama’s top economic advisers, is leaving her position as chairwoman of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers, calling her service “the honor of a lifetime.” She is expected to return to her position as a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley. (8/6/10 DrudgeReportUSA)
1. How is more aids to state and local governments expected to boost the economy, according to Dr. Romer?
2. According to Dr. Romer what factor affected her prediction of unemployment rate last year?
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1. How is more aids to state and local governments expected to boost the economy, according to Dr. Romer? According to Dr. Romer, the U.S government added 71,000 more jobs in the privet sector, and that the unemployment benefit claim drop by 48,000 claims. This recovery has been slow but steady improvement according to Dr. Romer.
2. According to Dr. Romer what factor affected her prediction of unemployment rate last year? According to Dr. Romer, the main factor of not having an accurate factor was because the economy was headed to a different direction before the Obama’s Presidency and his cabinet took office. And when given the GDP rate before office, Dr. Romer was told it was at 3.8% when in fact it was at 6.8%
According to the article, The US government has added 71,000 more jobs in the private sector.
The way the economy was going before President Obama and the cabinet went into office, accodring to the article.