Roger Altman

“We need 200,000 to 250,000 jobs to really make this, or to really illustrate that this is a healthy and strong recovery.”

“It’s consistent with the 2.2 percent—the weak 2.2 percent real GDP we saw for the first quarter.”

“We lost 8.8 million jobs since the onset of the recession—we’ve only gained back about 3 million of those.”