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For the third time in a week, President Obama spoke about the economy, announcing a new head of the Council of Economic advisers Friday in a nationally televised news conference at the White House. He also continued to press his case that Republicans are responsible for the bad economy and are presenting no new ideas about how to fix it. » E-Mail This      » Add to Del.icio.us

Heading into midterm elections, President Obama is trying to give Democrats a boost in the polls by proposing economic initiatives. White House senior adviser David Axelrod tells Steve Inskeep that the wrong thing to do is to go back to the policies that created the problems in the first place. » E-Mail This      » Add to Del.icio.us

The latest jobs report had good news and bad news. Private job growth was up, but the economy still lost another 54,000 jobs overall last month. Host Liane Hansen talks to NPR’s Scott Horsley and Yuki Noguchi about the unemployment numbers released Friday, the White House’s reaction and the president’s upcoming trip to Wisconsin. » E-Mail This      » Add to Del.icio.us

As director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan, David Stockman knows a thing or two about trying to balance the national budget. And he’s convinced that Reagan would never support extending the Bush tax cuts of today. Stockman, who still considers himself a staunch conservative and a staunch Republican, tells host Guy Raz why he thinks extending those tax cuts would be akin to a bankruptcy filing by Congress and the White House. » E-Mail This      » Add to Del.icio.us

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is visiting the United States this week, and meets President Obama at the White House Thursday. Medvedev’s tour is primarily aimed at reassuring the U.S. that Russia is a reliable partner both politically and economically. Medvedev visited Silicon Valley Wednesday. » E-Mail This      » Add to Del.icio.us