"The economy has now added private sector jobs for 28 straight months, for a total of 4.4 million payroll jobs during that period," said Alan B. Krueger, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.
But the Labor Department reported that the economy added 80,000 jobs in June -- below expectations -- and the unemployment rate remains at 8.2%.
Wrote Krueger on the White House blog: "Employment is growing but it is not growing fast enough given the jobs deficit caused by the deep recession."
Krueger also notes that "the economy is continuing to heal from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression," and recovery takes time.
"There are no quick fixes to the problems we face that were more than a decade in the making," Krueger said.
As Republicans cast blame on Obama economic policies, Krueger wrote: "President Obama has proposals to create jobs by ending tax breaks for companies to ship jobs overseas and supporting State and local governments to prevent layoffs and rehire hundreds of thousands of teachers."
