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| − | The [[Obama administration]] proclaimed '''Recovery Summer''' on June 17, 2010 to spotlight the imapact [[President Obama]]'s economic program after passage of the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act]] (or "[[Economic stimulus|Stimulus package]]") by the [[Democrat]]ic controlled [[2008 Elections|111th Congress]] in 2009.<ref>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/administration-kicks-recovery-summer-with-groundbreakings-and-events-across-country Administration Kicks Off "Recovery Summer" with Groundbreakings and Events Across the Country], The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, Press Release, June 17, 2010. Retrieved from www.whitehouse.gov October 9, 2010.</ref> Vice President [[Joe Biden]] was placed in charge of the effort. During Recovery Summer 393,000 jobs were destroyed according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics<ref>http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=CE_cesbref1</ref> [[unemployment]] rose<ref>http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?chart_type=bar&s[1][id]=UNRATE</ref> and [[economic growth]] slowed from 5.7% to 1.6%.<ref>http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?chart_type=bar&s[1][id]=GDPC1</ref> | + | The [[Obama administration]] proclaimed '''Recovery Summer''' on June 17, 2010 to spotlight the imapact [[President Obama]]'s economic program after passage of the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act]] (or "[[Economic stimulus|Stimulus package]]") by the [[Democrat]]ic controlled [[2008 Elections|111th Congress]] in 2009.<ref>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/administration-kicks-recovery-summer-with-groundbreakings-and-events-across-country Administration Kicks Off "Recovery Summer" with Groundbreakings and Events Across the Country], The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, Press Release, June 17, 2010. Retrieved from www.whitehouse.gov October 9, 2010.</ref> Vice President [[Joe Biden]] was placed in charge of the effort. |
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| + | During Recovery Summer 393,000 jobs were destroyed according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,<ref>http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=CE_cesbref1</ref> [[unemployment]] rose<ref>http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?chart_type=bar&s[1][id]=UNRATE</ref> and [[economic growth]] slowed from 5.7% to 1.6%.<ref>http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?chart_type=bar&s[1][id]=GDPC1</ref> | ||
==Rererences== | ==Rererences== | ||
Revision as of 18:34, October 9, 2010
The Obama administration proclaimed Recovery Summer on June 17, 2010 to spotlight the imapact President Obama's economic program after passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (or "Stimulus package") by the Democratic controlled 111th Congress in 2009.[1] Vice President Joe Biden was placed in charge of the effort.
During Recovery Summer 393,000 jobs were destroyed according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,[2] unemployment rose[3] and economic growth slowed from 5.7% to 1.6%.[4]
Rererences
- ↑ Administration Kicks Off "Recovery Summer" with Groundbreakings and Events Across the Country, The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, Press Release, June 17, 2010. Retrieved from www.whitehouse.gov October 9, 2010.
- ↑ http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=CE_cesbref1
- ↑ http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?chart_type=bar&s[1][id]=UNRATE
- ↑ http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?chart_type=bar&s[1][id]=GDPC1