Back in the United States, President Obama has announced plans for a summit on unemployment next month. Obama spoke Thursday at the White House.

President Obama: “The economy is now growing again for the first time in more than a year and faster than at any time in the past two years. But even though we’ve slowed the loss of jobs, and today’s report on the continued decline in unemployment claims is a hopeful sign, the economic growth that we’ve seen has not yet led to the job growth that we desperately need.”