Despite jobs report, Bush pleased with U.S. economy
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President George W. Bush declared himself pleased on Friday with U.S. economic progress despite a Labor Department report that said U.S. employers added only 51,000 jobs in September.
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President George W. Bush on Thursday said he would consider "all options" to help the U.S. economy weather a deep housing slump but said the economy was fundamentally strong.
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President George W. Bush said on Friday the U.S. economy was on a solid footing despite a weak December employment report, a slumping housing market and near record oil prices.
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The job market held up amid downbeat news about other parts of the economy.
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Free-trade policies making it easier for U.S. companies to sell their products around the globe are an important ingredient to the economy's vitality, President Bush said Monday as he projected another year of good &#151; though somewhat slower &#151; economic growth.
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The US economy added 144,000 jobs in August, dropping the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly two years and handing George W. Bush fresh ammunition to claim that life is getting better for Americans.
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President Bush had been hoping to wave a glowing September jobs report in John Kerry&#39;s face for the rest of the presidential campaign.
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Bush administration officials on  Friday sought to ease fears the U.S. was tipping into recession  after a government report showed the economy shed jobs for the  first time in four years last month.
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President Bush has been saying that the US economy has ''turned the corner.&quot; Democratic presidential candidate Senator John F. Kerry, in the wake of this month's poor jobs report, quipped that it was more like a U-turn.
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Despite the slowing U.S. economy, UPS delivered a better-than-expected quarter.
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President George W. Bush on Thursday  said he would consider "all options" to help the U.S. economy  weather a deep housing slump but said the economy was  fundamentally strong.
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President Bush said on Wednesday  that he saw no need right now to bolster U.S. troop levels in  Iraq and that the U.S.-led offensive in Falluja was going well.
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The Bush administration predicted on Friday that economic growth would slow next year but still be strong enough to reduce unemployment slightly.
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Capping a week of triumphs for President Bush, new US economic figures released yesterday showed that employers added 337,000 people to their
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The Bush administration expressed cautious optimism that security would be strong enough to assure valid results.
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One major unmentioned entry in President Bush's new budget is luck. Luck that the economy keeps growing, that corporate profits remain robust, that inflation stays tame and that foreigners keep lending the U.S. money. Otherwise, the numbers don't add up.
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Hiring is picking up and President Bush is on track to preside over job growth in his second term, shedding the Herbert Hoover label of being the first president since the Great Depression to lose jobs under his watch. But don't expect a revival of the booming 1990s.