White House Adviser Says Jobs Report Underscores Need for Aid

Disappointing growth in the U.S. labor market last month strengthens the argument to deliver more fiscal support to the economy, according to a senior economic adviser to President Joe Biden.

“The numbers that we got this morning really do underscore the cost of inaction,” Heather Boushey, a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said Friday in an interview on Bloomberg Television with Jonathan Ferro. “The January numbers are quite disappointing. They show that the pace of job growth is slow.”