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Chairman Alan Krueger Discusses the Measurement of the Economy at the 2012 NABE Economic Policy Conference

March 27, 2012 at 12:17 PM ET by David Vandivier
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Click through to read excerpts of Chairman Kreuger’s remarks.

At 8:30 am ET on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, President Obama’s Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Alan B. Krueger, delivered remarks on “Measuring the Improvement in the Economy and Improving the Measurement of the Economy” at the 2012 NABE Economic Policy Conference in Arlington, Virginia.

In his prepared remarks, Chairman Krueger said: "… the unique nature of the financial crisis and recession have made the pace of the recovery uneven, but – with the essential help of policy actions that the Obama Administration has taken – the economy is making a transition to more sustainable footing.”

Here is a link to excerpts of Chairman Kreuger’s remarks.