High prices push Biden to focus on economy this June
The White House on Tuesday announced the launch of a new push to focus on the economy during June, as President Joe Biden called tackling inflation his “top economic priority” and laid out his strategy to combat prices driven more than 8% higher over the last year due to the pandemic, supply chain issues and the war in Ukraine.
What You Need To Know
- The White House on Tuesday announced the launch of a new push to focus on the economy during June, as President Joe Biden called tackling inflation his “top economic priority”
- Biden in an op-ed outlined his plan to combat inflation and acknowledged that “Americans are anxious” while also pointing to successes like job growth and low unemployment
- A White House official said the administration’s economic officials will be front and center on TV this month and the president will speak on the jobs report Friday, with more travel and events to be announced
- Yet there is little…
