Obama- An Oral History by Brian Abrams

Author:Brian Abrams [Abrams, Brian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503951662
Publisher: Little A
Published: 2018-07-10T06:00:00+00:00

JEREMY BIRD

I don’t think I’ll ever wake up with as much anticipation [as] on the first Friday of every month. To get the job numbers and see where we were, it would dictate a lot of what we were doing that month.

GENE SPERLING

Thursday evening was somewhat awkward because the [National Economic Council] director and the chairman of the [Council of] Economic Advisers knew this number and normally told it to the president, but then were not allowed to tell any of their peers. On this particular day, as we walked into the Oval, he said something like, “I don’t think I like the look on your face.” And I said, “It’s zero. The job number was zero.” He said, “What do you mean ‘zero’?” I said, “It’s zero.” And he said, “You mean, exactly zero?” I said, “Yes.” And he said, “You mean if I grab that piece of paper from your hand, I’m going to see a zero?” And I said, “Yes, sir.” And he said, “Has this ever happened before?” I said, “Not to my knowledge.”

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