It does a lot for the economy just having a whole bunch of extra people working there and spending money - there's an immediate positive affect on spending,

What we want to see is ... people get more money in their pockets sooner, ... There's some trouble out there, apparently, with the economy, and we want to see people have larger paychecks so that they can either pay down their debt (or) use it for some spending that they may want to do.

What we want to see is have people get more money in their pockets sooner, ... There's some trouble out there, apparently, with the economy, and we want to see people have larger paychecks so that they can either pay down their debt (or) use it for some spending that they may want to do.

What we want to see is ... people get more money in their pockets sooner, ... There's some trouble out there, apparently, with the economy, and we want to see people have larger paychecks so that they can either pay down their debt [or] use it for some spending that they may want to do.

The longer-term trend is that we've got a remarkably competitive economy, ... In the Game .

U.S. budget and current account deficits are very important contributors to an unbalanced global economy, while the U.S. deficit has been a source of demand that has propelled the global economy forward for some years now.