Employment in the United States: weaker than expected figures
US President Joe Biden on Friday September 3, 2021 at the White House in Washington.
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US President Joe Biden commented on the latest employment figures on Friday (September 3).
Figures less good than expected, but which clearly encourage the White House in the path it has decided to follow.
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With our correspondent in Washington,
Guillaume Naudin
This is called seeing the glass half full.
The figures for job creation in August are three times worse than expected by economists, mainly because of the impact of the Delta variant.
But Joe Biden prefers to point out that these 235,000 more jobs add a seventh straight month of net creations since the beginning of his presidency.
In addition, wages are increasing.
Sustainable takeover for Biden
Again Thursday, Walmart, giant of the mass distribution, announced an increase in hourly wages for more than half a million employees. Joe Biden considers that the recovery is sustainable, that it is proof that his policy is working and that it must be strengthened. By making Congress move forward on its reforms. On
his plan for infrastructure
already accepted by the Senate, but not yet by the House of Representatives, and on his other plan, that for social reforms.
The amount of $ 3.5 trillion arouses reluctance among some Democrats who are calling for a pause.
To finance all this, the president does not want to increase taxes, at least not those of the middle classes.
Rather, his gaze is on big business and the wealthiest Americans, who are not doing their fair share according to the White House host.
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