Karine Jean-Pierre says Biden’s Economic Plan is Working

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The White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre released a statement and said, “President Biden’s economic plan is working. And thanks to his Rescue Plan and our successful vaccine program. America continues to add jobs at a record 620,000 a month on average and over 5.6 million jobs created since he took office. Americans are getting back to work. Because of the success of that effort, our economy has the resilience we need to weather the challenges posed by this virus, more Americans are going back to work, and more Americans feel safe going back to work. That’s why we added 531,000 jobs in October and the unemployment rate fell to 4.6 percent, the lowest level since the beginning of the pandemic, and a place that the CBO projected, before the Rescue Plan was passed, that we wouldn’t reach until the fourth quarter of 2023”.

Jean-Pierre said the unemployment has decreased this year more than any other year in US history. The number of Americans filing for unemployment each week has declined from nearly 900,000 when President Biden took office to under 270,000 this week. She added that the US economy has rebounded at a rate unsurpassed in modern history because of the decisive action the President took with the Rescue Plan and his efforts to fight the pandemic. Jean-Pierre also said, “And because of that, businesses were able to stay open, schools were able to reopen, and Americans are able to get back to work. It’s been a busy week making strong progress in our fight against COVID-19, so I also wanted to give an overview of this work — the work that we’ve been doing around the pandemic, in fighting the pandemic”.

She confirmed that the US hit 80% of adults with at least one shot and 70% of adults fully vaccinated. The government is still vaccinating hundreds of thousands of Americans every day. Last Tuesday, CDC’s decision made 28 million kids aged 5 through 11 eligible for vaccination. This was a huge sigh of relief for parents and means 95% of Americans are now eligible for vaccination. Jean-Pierre said, “The President will welcome the Milwaukee Bucks to the White House on Monday to celebrate the team winning the 2021 NBA championship. He will also honor America’s military members and veterans at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday. President Biden will participate in a Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and deliver remarks to the National Veterans on the National Veterans Day Observance at the Memorial Amphitheater”.