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Biden: "Our Economic Plan Is Working"

WHITE HOUSE

President Joe Biden has delivered remarks from the White House following today's February jobs reports which showed nonfarm payrolls increased by 311,000 jobs last month.

  • Biden: "People who were staying out of the job market are now getting back into the job market. The share of working age folk in the labour market is the highest since 2008."
  • Biden claims that the American Rescue Plan, "led to the fastest recovery of any major economy in the world" and "lay the foundation for the progress we're seeing today."
  • Biden says the biggest threat to "our recovery" is "MAGA Republicans" in Congress, some of whom, Biden claims, "are planning to default" on government debt.
  • Biden says he's "optimistic" that next week's CPI data will be "in solid shape."
  • Biden: "Our plan is in stark contrast to the MAGA Republican plan in Congress where they're doubling down on the same failed policies of the past."
  • Next up at 14:30 ET 19:30 GMT: OMB Director Shalanda Young, and Economic Council Chair Cecilia Rouse will join Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at the White House press podium for questions on President Biden's FY24 budget request: https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

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