White House Council of Economic Advisers

Type: Organization

Name: White House Council of Economic Advisers

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

White House adviser talks Great Recession

By Will TizardFor the PostJust possibly, things aren't quite as hopeless as they appear - even if the current U.S. sequester "is causing us to eat our seed corn." Such is the message from Alan Krueger, the White House chief economic adviser, who spoke ... [Published Prague Post - May 16 2013]

Entities: White House, Recession, United States, Immigration, Unemployment

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

?The Great Gatsby?: Economic measuring tool

This article originally appeared on GlobalPost. BOSTON — There?s been plenty of excited chatter in recent days about ?,? the splashy — and in this writer?s opinion, highly enjoyable — Baz Luhrmann$ film adaptation$ of ?s classic Jazz Age novel. The film ... [Published Salon - May 15 2013]

Entities: Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann, PAUL AMES, Inequality

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Austan Goolsbee

Goolsbee on Stock Market, Sequestration, Europe

May 8 (Bloomberg) -- Austan Goolsbee, a professor at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business and a former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, talks about the U.S. stock market and the effects of federal spending cuts ... [Published BusinessWeek - May 08 2013]

Entities: Austan Goolsbee, Sequestration, Stock Market

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 2 reports

Manufacturing

US NATIONAL Full Page New jobs and energy gains helping lift US economy

WASHINGTON - A stronger-than-presumed April rebound in job creation and recent dramatic discoveries of vast U.S. oil and gas reserves are helping to lift the American economy out its lengthly funk.The economic good news is additionally drawing attention ... [Published The Oregon Herald - May 05 2013]

Entities: US National, Alan Tonelson, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Manufacturing

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 2 reports

Employers add jobs, outlook brightens

WASHINGTON -- Employers added a surprising 165,000 new jobs in April, helping to push down the unemployment rate to a four-year low of 7.5 percent, the government said Friday in a report that included sharp improvements to prior months.The jobs report ... [Published Miami Herald - May 03 2013]

Entities: Sequester, JPMorgan Private Bank, White House Council of Economic Advisers

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Unemployment falls to 7.5%; job creation solid in April

The job market plugged along steadily, and unemployment fell in April, according to new data out Friday, suggesting that the U.S. economy is still expanding steadily. The nation added 165,000 jobs in April as the unemployment rate fell to 7.5 percent, ... [Published Ezra Klein - May 03 2013]

Entities: Unemployment, Sequester, Unemployment Rate, White House Council of Economic Advisers

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

2nd LD Writethru: U.S. unemployment rate drops to 7.5 pct in April

U.S. unemployment rate edged down to 7.5 percent in April from 7.6 percent in March, its lowest level since December 2008, the Labor Department reported on Friday. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 165,000 last month, with the private sector ... [Published Individual.com - May 03 2013]

Entities: Unemployment Rate, United States, White House Council of Economic Advisers, Manufacturing, Non-Farm Payrolls

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 2 reports

Unemployment Rate Hits a Four-Year Low, But Don't...

Unemployment hit a four-year low in April, according to new Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) numbers out Friday, and numbers for the first two months of the year were revised upwards. But the situation is still difficult. Massive budget cuts have only ... [Published Mother Jones - May 03 2013]

Entities: Unemployment Rate, Sequestration, White House Council of Economic Advisers, Diane Swonk

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Jobs report tempers worries

A better than expected jobs report released Friday will most likely soothe worries that the economy has entered a “spring swoon,” but it continued to show that the pace of economic growth remains too slow to put a big dent in the unemployment number.The ... [Published Politico - May 03 2013]

Entities: Sequester, White House Council of Economic Advisers, Paul Ashworth, Economic Growth

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

White House Economic Adviser Krueger on Jobs Report

May 3 (Bloomberg) -- Alan Krueger, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, talks about the U.S. April payrolls data and outlook for the economy. Krueger speaks with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television's "In the Loop." (Source: Bloombe ... [Published BusinessWeek - May 03 2013]

Entities: White House, White House Council of Economic Advisers, Bloomberg TV

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Furlough Reversal for FAA Lets Child Health Cuts Stand

President Barack Obama told lawmakers in February that automatic federal budget cuts would be a “self-inflicted wound” on the U.S. economy.Last week, those concerns became reality, as furloughs of air-traffic controllers fueled delays at the nation’s ... [Published Bloomberg - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Federal Aviation Administration, White House Council of Economic Advisers, Sequestration

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 3 reports

The Three Things That Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Other Tech...

Immigration reform is the top priority for Facebook ( FB ) founder Mark Zuckerberg and much of Silicon Valley where start-ups and tech giants alike are hampered by their inability to keep talented foreigners in the United States.It's a big-time play to ... [Published Nasdaq - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Mark Zuckerberg, Immigration, Workers, Republican Party (US), Facebook Inc

Quotes

In addition to new businesses, leading science and engineering scholarship, Krueger said, "All of the growth in the work force will come from immigrants and their children." $ Will Tizard can be reached at news@praguepost.com Bright spots exist in U S recovery, but labor market challenges remain

White House adviser talks Great Recession [Published Prague Post - May 16 2013]

"It was a challenging period," says Eberly. "It was an exciting and momentous time to be working on economic policies in the U S "

White House Economic Adviser Returns to Kellogg [Published BusinessWeek - May 07 2013]

In the months and years ahead, domestic energy production "is going to be a real driver of economic growth" reported economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former director of the Congressional Budget Office and chief economic adviser to Sen...

US NATIONAL Full Page New jobs and energy gains helping lift US economy [Published The Oregon Herald - May 05 2013]

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White House adviser talks Great Recession [Published Prague Post - May 16 2013]
?The Great Gatsby?: Economic measuring tool [Published Salon - May 15 2013]
“The Great Gatsby”: Economic measuring tool [Published Salon - May 15 2013]
Goolsbee on Stock Market, Sequestration, Europe [Published BusinessWeek - May 08 2013]
Policy brief calls for overhauling GEAR UP, TRI... [Published Inside Higher Ed - May 08 2013]
White House Economic Adviser Returns to Kellogg [Published BusinessWeek - May 07 2013]
Wall Street Journal to Convene Global CFOs to A... [Published Street Insider - May 06 2013]
US NATIONAL Full Page New jobs and energy gains... [Published The Oregon Herald - May 05 2013]
New jobs and energy gains helping lift US economy [Published Greenfield Daily Reporter - May 05 2013]
Job Gains to Help Buffer U.S. Economy Through S... [Published Bloomberg - May 04 2013]
Ask the experts: Unemployment [Published PBS - May 03 2013]
Jobs report tempers worries [Published Politico - May 03 2013]
Employers add jobs, outlook brightens [Published Miami Herald - May 03 2013]
Employers Added 165,000 Jobs in April [Published WebCPA - May 03 2013]
Employers add jobs, outlook brightens [Published Kansas City Star - May 03 2013]
Unemployment Rate Hits a Four-Year Low, But Don... [Published Mother Jones - May 03 2013]
Unemployment Rate Hits a Four-Year Low, But Don... [Published Mojo Feed \| Mother Jones - May 03 2013]
2nd LD Writethru: U.S. unemployment rate drops ... [Published Individual.com - May 03 2013]
White House Economic Adviser Krueger on Jobs Re... [Published BusinessWeek - May 03 2013]
Unemployment falls to 7.5%; job creation solid ... [Published Ezra Klein - May 03 2013]
Why Not Target a 3 Percent Unemployment Rate? [Published BusinessWeek - May 02 2013]
Bloomberg Washington Summit: Unemployment, Heal... [Published Value Walk - May 02 2013]
Weak March jobs report sparks new debate over e... [Published Wichita Eagle - May 01 2013]
Krueger Says U.S. Spending Must Be Cut `Surgica... [Published BusinessWeek - Apr 30 2013]
Economist Krueger Says Online Courses May Boost... [Published Bloomberg - Apr 30 2013]
The Three Things That Facebook's Mark Zuckerber... [Published Nasdaq - Apr 29 2013]
Interview With Diane Swonk: Good News: Rising H... [Published Seeking Alpha - Apr 29 2013]
The Three Things That Facebook's Mark Zuckerber... [Published Minyanville - Apr 29 2013]
Furlough Reversal for FAA Leaves Cuts for Child... [Published BusinessWeek - Apr 29 2013]
Furlough Reversal for FAA Lets Child Health Cut... [Published Bloomberg - Apr 29 2013]

Blogs

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Unemployment Rate Hits a Four-Year Low, But Don... [Published Mojo Feed \| Mother Jones - May 03 2013] Unemployment hit a four-year low in April, according to new Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) numbers out Friday, and numbers for the first two months of the year were revised upwards. But the situation is still difficult. Massive budget cuts have only ...
Unemployment falls to 7.5%; job creation solid ... [Published Ezra Klein - May 03 2013] The job market plugged along steadily, and unemployment fell in April, according to new data out Friday, suggesting that the U.S. economy is still expanding steadily. The nation added 165,000 jobs in April as the unemployment rate fell to 7.5 percent, ...
Scott Winship on Inequality, by David Henderson [Published EconLog - Mar 27 2013] The idea that our economy is held back by inequality is echoed in the claims of some of the nation's most prominent economists. Princeton professor (and Nobel laureate) Paul Krugman and David Card of the University of California, Berkeley, contend that ...
Overstating the Costs of Inequality [Published Brookings Latest From Brookings - Mar 25 2013] In recent years, inequality has become the core economic concern of the American left. The gap between the haves and have-nots is understood to be the fatal flaw of our economic system — a fundamental problem that is the source of countless other difficulties. ...
Wishful thinking dominates US government econom... [Published Chemicals & The Economy - Mar 20 2013] 350k Americans are now reaching the age of 65 each month until 2030. But according to government forecasts, this surge in the retirement population will have little impact on economic growth. That's the view of the White House Council of Economic ...

Audio/Video

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Would Obama’s Budget Stimulate Jobs, Economy? [Published FOX Business - Video - Apr 10 2013]
How Can the Government Rein in Spending? [Published FOX Business - Video - Dec 31 2012]

Press Releases

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Beyond the Fiscal Cliff: UMD School of Public P... [Published CisionWire - English - Dec 21 2012]