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The President is scheduled to hold a press conference Wednesday evening at 8 PM EDT. I offer twenty questions about economic policy for consideration by members of the White House press corps. They cover the economy, stimulus, taxes, autos, health care, energy and climate change, and trade.

Sometimes it helps to zoom way out. Here is a summary I would give to someone who had missed the past six months, including the good, the bad, the non-existent, the uncertain, and the too-soon-to-tell.

On the first Friday of each month the Labor Department releases the employment report for the prior month.  In the White House we used to call it Jobs Day, and it’s a fairly big deal when the economy is in transition.
Today is Jobs Day.  Here are the two most important facts from the May employment [...]