US: jobs pick up, Biden calls for continued efforts
Joe Biden speaking on employment at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, USA on June 4, 2021. REUTERS - KEVIN LAMARQUE
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The unemployment rate fell to 5.8% in the United States: 559,000 jobs were created in May, twice as many as in April.
The US president welcomed these results, but called on the Americans to continue their efforts to ensure the full recovery of the US economy.
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Anne Corpet
Joe Biden hails good news for the economy and the American people. “
We have created more jobs in four months than any president in modern history,
” he said. “
No major economy is growing as quickly as ours.
But Joe Biden warns: there will be ups and downs. And the president takes the opportunity to push his bills currently overdue in Congress.
"
Now is the time to accelerate the process in which we are engaged,
" said the American president, "
now is the time to build on the foundations that we have laid.
Because if progress is undeniable, it is not guaranteed.
That's why I came up with the jobs plan and the plan for American families, with the investments of a generation.
We must make these investments today to ensure the successes of tomorrow.
"
But Republicans believe Joe Biden is going too far with federal spending.
For example, they are proposing a budget of less than $ 1,000 billion for infrastructure, less than half of what the White House wants.
Negotiations are still ongoing.
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