President Obama Talks to Ann Curry About Weak U.S. Economy

Posted on June 25, 2011

The U.S. economic recovery has not materialized. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke admitted last week that the U.S. economic growth has been slowing. The Fed also lowered forecasts. President Obama talked to Ann Curry on the Today Show earlier this month. He told her that reports he is calm about the state of the economy are "nonsense."

Obama said, "I think ordinary folks understand I spend all my time thinking about this stuff, because I'm talking to these folks every single day. When I see them at meetings, and they start crying, the notion, somehow, that I'm calm about that, is nonsense. But what is true is that as president, my job is to make sure that I am finding every good idea that we can to move the country forward."

Take a look:

You can read a transcript of the interview here.