Posted 1/22/2024, 3:00:08 PM
Biden Administration Touts Economic Gains in Struggling Areas, Credits Own Policies
- Biden administration claiming credit for economic gains in hard-hit areas like Eastern PA and Milwaukee
- Top economic adviser Lael Brainard arguing administration policies reviving disadvantaged communities
- Brainard citing investments in infrastructure, climate, manufacturing as helping these areas
- Brainard not offering comprehensive data, just some local unemployment figures
- Administration casting Biden policies as antidote to failed "trickle-down economics" of past
