Friday, Oct. 30, 2009

White House: 650,000 jobs in new stimulus report

By MATT APUZZO and BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE Associated Press Writers

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says new job numbers will show the president's economic stimulus plan has directly created or saved about 650,000 jobs.

A government oversight board will release the numbers later Friday, and White House economic adviser Jared Bernstein says officials have been told the figures. When adding in jobs linked to $288 billion in tax cuts, Bernstein says the stimulus plan has created or saved more than 1 million jobs.

The job numbers cover a huge swatch of spending by state and local governments, businesses and universities that received federal aid.

2009-10-30     12:49:23 GMT

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