The president says the aim is not to punish banks but to protect the larger economy and the American people.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

Both men are conservative. The president's opponents have criticized his handling of the economy -- inflation is high.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

The president suggested that the economy could have reached the beginnings of a recovery.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

The new president promised to fight the Great Depression that was crushing the economy.

VOA: special.2011.03.24

They chose President Obama's inauguration as the top story, followed by the economy.

VOA: special.2010.01.02

Everyone -- especially President Cleveland -- waited for the economy to improve.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

Also,forty-nine percent disapproved of the president's handling of the economy.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

President Obama says Republicans and Democrats can cooperate to strengthen the economy, even though they disagree on many issues.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

President Obama says the energy bill will open the door to a clean-energy economy and a better future for America.

VOA: standard.2009.06.27

It also says that only 43 percent of voters approve of the president's handling of the nation's economy.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

The president says the U.S.economy is in a very different place from early in 2009, when 700,000 jobs a month were being lost.

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

Political analysts say Tuesday's vote suggests many independents are dissatisfied with the president's policies on such issues as the economy and health care.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

House Minority Leader John Boehner, in the weekly Republican message, says the president's energy bill would cost too much and hurt the economy.

VOA: standard.2009.06.27

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov said the end of the operation would boost the local economy and declared a holiday to celebrate the event.

VOA: standard.2009.04.16

After weeks of focusing on the U.S.economy, President Obama steps onto the world stage in London.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

Pollster Peter Brown says that for now Americans seem patient as they await the result of the president's efforts to revive the ailing U.S.economy.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

But U.S.Republicans are not so sure about the president's plans for the economy at home.

VOA: standard.2009.04.11

But,the Chinese president echoed warnings from APEC leaders that the global economy is still fragile.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

The president then answered that he did not think legalizing marijuana would help the economy.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

The president says the cost of failing to reform health care would devastate the U.S.economy.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

"The worst thing that could happen for the president and the Democrats is for the economy to continue to deteriorate and they get blamed for it,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.15

While Republicans oppose his efforts on the economy and health care, several Democrats have raised concerns about the president's decision to send more U.S.troops to Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.12.29

President Barack Obama says he is reappointing Ben Bernanke, who has led the U.S.economy through one of the worst financial crises the country has ever faced.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

And I hope the president will work with us to build a responsible budget that will help strengthen our economy and put Americans back to work again,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

A little more than a year after Congress enacted the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, President Barack Obama says the U.S.economy is on the path to recovery.

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

While Republicans were talking about national security, President Obama was discussing the U.S.economy.

VOA: standard.2009.05.09

The president says small businesses are the heart of the U.S.economy.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

The security issues out there are tremendous." As he prepared to leave the White House for Asia, President Obama spoke about the U.S.economy and stressed the connection across the Pacific.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

Representative Candace Miller was among a succession of Republicans conducting the equivalent of a filibuster Tuesday in the House, assailing the health care proposal and the president's handling of the economy.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21