@ The White House
In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office.
Later in the morning, the President and the Vice President will meet with Senate Democratic Leadership in the Oval Office. After, the President will meet with Secretary of the Treasury Geithner in the Oval Office.
In the afternoon, the President will meet with senior advisors in the Oval Office.
Later, the President will welcome the 1985 Super Bowl Champion Chicago Bears to the White House to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their Super Bowl victory. In 1986, the team?s White House reception was canceled due to the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy.
Afterwards, the President will host Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi of Tunisia at the White House. During his meeting with the Prime Minister, the President looks forward to discussing America?s strong support for Tunisia?s historic transition to democracy, as well as a broad range of bilateral and regional issues of mutual interest. The President also welcomes the opportunity to highlight the strong bonds of friendship between the American and Tunisian people.
@ Wall Street
Employment report for September. Hardly any job growth, further job losses in the public sector, and an uptick in the unemployment rate.
IHS Global Insight expects another weak employment report for September. Hiring was probably restrained by continuing extreme uncertainty over the outlook, while firings were probably more severe as initial unemployment insurance claims were higher than in August.
We expect just 25,000 jobs added overall ? meaning there would be a loss of 20,000 jobs but for the return to payrolls of 45,000 Verizon workers after a strike. We expect 70,000 private jobs added (just 25,000 ex-Verizon), and a loss of 45,000 government jobs, in line with recent trends. We expect the unemployment rate to tick up to 9.2% from 9.1%.
