U.S. President Barack Obama said that he sees "glimmers of hope" in the current state of the world economy. On this April 10, reports Associated Press.
Obama spoke to reporters after meeting with the Minister of Finance Timothy Gaytnerom, the Presidential Adviser on Economy, Larry Summers, the head of the U.S. Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke, and other experts. According to the president, the economy is still strong in the state of stress, but the situation is established. He promised that, ultimately, economic growth and employment will be resolved.
Among the concrete signs of improvement in the situation Obama has called the increase in the number of homeowners, refinansiruyuschih their mortgages, as well as the rise recorded last month in the small business. In doing so, the president acknowledged that the unemployment rate in the United States remains very high. In March 2009, it reached the maximum of silver - 8.5 percent.
Obama held an economic meeting in the White House shortly after returning from London. U.S. President took part in dealing with world financial crisis summit "twenty large" (G20), which took place in the British capital on 2 April. In autumn 2008, "crisis" G20 summit held in Washington, but the London event, estimated to analysts, has become more productive.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
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