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Fri, Jan 06 2012 14:20:57

WH Office Hours 01/06/12 with Brian Deese

Brian Deese, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, answered your questions about jobs and the economy during a special session of Office Hours moderated by Yahoo! Finance on Twitter.

  1. WHLive
    White House Live@WHLive
    Hi all – its Brian Deese here to answer your questions on the economy & jobs. @YahooFinance, ready for the 1st Q #whchat
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 12:06:58
  2. WhiteHouse.gov
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    Fri, Jan 06 2012 10:14:16
  3. YahooFinance
    Yahoo! Finance@YahooFinance
    1st Questions for @WHLive - @grossdm My q: Data has been positive lately. Do you foresee econ. accelerating in 1st part of ’12? #whchat
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 14:10:53
  4. WHLive
    White House Live@WHLive
    .@grossdm today's jobs report is evidence of economy healing but there is much more to do, eg extending payroll tax for rest of '12 #WHChat
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 12:11:06
  5. pegnoonan
    Peg Noonan@pegnoonan
    #whchat How many of the 200K jobs created in Dec were PT & Temp and how long before we see REAL jobs?
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 14:10:53
  6. WHLive
    White House Live@WHLive
    .@pegnoonan employment in temp jobs categ was "little changed" means job growth was elsewhere bls.gov/news.release/e…
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 12:18:33
  7. YahooFinance
    Yahoo! Finance@YahooFinance
    .rt @robert_suthers #whchat: with poor graduate employment & high costs of college, could education be the next bubble to burst?
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 14:10:53
  8. WHLive
    White House Live@WHLive
    .@robert_suthers @cfpb is working to empower students w/ info on costs & potus acted to make loans more affordable for recent grads #WHChat
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 14:10:53
  9. YahooFinance
    Yahoo! Finance@YahooFinance
    From our facebook audience - "Sears/KMART closes how many stores? But jobs grew?!" #whchat w/ @whlive
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 14:10:53
  10. WHLive
    White House Live@WHLive
    .@yahoofinance monthly estimates are the net change economy-wide; what we saw in Dec was priv sector, on the whole, added 212k jobs #WHChat
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 12:27:15
  11. YahooFinance
    Yahoo! Finance@YahooFinance
    .rt @LASpotlight @YahooFinance @whlive Why are their assistance programs for struggling home owners but not for struggling renters ?
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 14:10:53
  12. WHLive
    White House Live@WHLive
    .@laspotlight important issue but there are actually several ways renters can get support. Check out here: 1.usa.gov/i3iKrA #WHChat
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 12:30:16
  13. torrey_ynews
    Torrey AndersonSch..@torrey_ynews
    Q: How does the WH plan to give small businesses long-term certainty about tax rates so they'll be comfortable hiring more people? #whchat
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 14:10:53
  14. WHLive
    White House Live@WHLive
    .@torrey_ynews Main sm biz concern now is lack of demand. Congress passing full yr payroll tax cut extsn would help tax certainty & demand
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 12:37:11
  15. YahooFinance
    Yahoo! Finance@YahooFinance
    .rt @JonasBlane Why doesn't Obama trim things besides the military? Does he think that's the only waste in govt? #whchat @whlive
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 14:10:53
  16. WHLive
    White House Live@WHLive
    .@JonasBlane POTUS signed $1 trillion spending cuts in Aug. balanced across budget; no one area of Budget can bear all the burden #WHChat
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 12:41:29
  17. WHLive
    White House Live@WHLive
    .@JonasBlane to see details of how POTUS would cut another $3 trillion from deficit in a balanced way see: 1.usa.gov/mV3CGx #WHCHat
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 12:42:28
  18. YahooFinance
    Yahoo! Finance@YahooFinance
    last question for today's #whchat
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 12:44:17
  19. YahooFinance
    Yahoo! Finance@YahooFinance
    .rt @etrotta How will the economic picture change for the average middle class family in 2012? #whchat @whlive
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 12:44:27
  20. WHLive
    White House Live@WHLive
    .@etrotta even w econ healing we need to do all we can to help make life a little easier for MC families. That's our focus 4 new yr #WHChat
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 12:47:48
  21. WHLive
    White House Live@WHLive
    Need to run, thanks for all your questions and @Yahoofinance followers for joining -Brian #WHChat
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 14:10:53
  22. YahooFinance
    Yahoo! Finance@YahooFinance
    Thanks tweeters, facebook friends, @whitehouse @whlive for participating in our economy and jobs #whchat today!!
    Fri, Jan 06 2012 14:10:53

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