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Joseph LaVorgna is the chief economist at the National Economic Council, and is an economic adviser to the Trump administration. And according to Business Insider, LaVorgna on Friday said he felt there was no rush to release a second coronavirus stimulus package. LaVorgna said that despite a disappointing Friday jobs report, he doesn't 'believe the recovery at the moment is in jeopardy.' On Friday, the jobs report that said 10.7 million Americans were unemployed in November. Congress is considering a $908 billion stimulus proposal after months of negotiations. It does not include a $1,200 direct payment.
Three weeks after the launch of a consultation to "save jobs", Emmanuel Macron is once again meeting with unions to unveil initial decisions, notably on the new long-term technical unemploymentw scheme. IMAGES
The latest ADP private payrolls report came in stronger than expected, an encouraging signal just a couple of days ahead of the monthly employment report. Bobbi Rebell reports.
Images show police and army presence outside the South Naval Hospital and the 'La Roca' maximum security prison, in Guayaquil, as Ecuador's ex-vice president Jorge Glas, whose capture in a raid on Mexico's embassy in Quito sparked an outcry, is returned to the prison after a short hospitalization. IMAGES
Activist Greta Thunberg says that a ruling by Europe's top rights court that Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change is "only the beginning". SOUNDBITE