文档介绍：奥巴马总统就美国经济和外交政策公布会演讲稿
good afternoon, everybody. happy friday. i thought i’d take somequestions, but first, let me say a few words about the economy.
this morning, we learned that our economy created over 200,000 new jobs in july. that’s ontop of about 300,000 new jobs in june. so we are now in a six-month streak with at least200,000 new jobs each month. that’s the first time that has happened since 1997. over thepast year, we’ve added more jobs than any year since XX. and all told, our businesses havecreatedmillion new jobs over the past 53 months. that’s the longest streak of privatesector job creation in our history.
and as we saw on wednesday, the economy grew at a strong pace in the spring. companies areinvesting. consumers are spending. american manufacturing, energy, technology, autos -- allare booming. and thanks to the decisions that we’ve made, and the grit and resilience of theamerican people, we’ve recovered faster and come farther from the recession than almost anyother advanced country on earth.
so the good news is the economy clearly is getting stronger. things are getting better. ourengines are revving a little bit louder. and the decisions that we make right now can sustainand keep that growth and momentum going.
unfortunately, there are a series of steps that we could be taking to maintain momentum, andperhaps even accelerate it; there ar