Summers: Recession Is Over

No, it's not, says fellow White House adviser
By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff
Posted Dec 13, 2009 11:44 AM CST
Summers: Recession Is Over
Council of Economic Advisers Chair Christina Romer testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 31, 2009, before the Senate Banking Committee.   (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Key White House economic advisers split today on whether the recession's over, reports Politico. "Everybody agrees that the recession is over, and the question is what the pace of the expansion is going to be," Larry Summers said on State of the Union. Christina Romer didn't get that memo, however. "The unemployment rate is still 10%," the president's top economic aide said on Meet the Press. "I'm not going to say the recession is over until the unemployment rate is down to normal levels."

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