President Barack Obama has asked his top advisers to brief him every morning on the condition of the economy, the White House said Thursday.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, speaking to reporters at his first official briefing since Obama took office, said the president’s economic team, led by National Economic Council Director Larry Summers, will walk him through the day’s economic news each morning. The president receives a similar daily intelligence briefing.
The first economic briefing occurred earlier Thursday and was attended by the president, Summers, Vice President Joe Biden, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Budget Director Peter Orszag, Domestic Policy Director Melody Barnes and Biden’s economic adviser Jared Bernstein.