White House: New Budget Deal Will Boost Jobs

White House economic officials say a tentative budget agreement with Congress could boost job creation by 340,000 workers next year and even more in the future. Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Jason Furman writes the two-year bi-partisan budget agreement "reduces the recent policy uncertainty that weighed on economic growth." The deal follows weeks of negotiations and averts the economic consequences that could come from the threats of default on government debt or a...

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