WASHINGTON (AFP) ? The rise in the US unemployment rate to 9.2 percent represents a "call to action" to boost growth, White House economic advisor Austan Goolsbee said Friday.
"This reiterates what we knew... the growth rate slowed down," Goolsbee told CNBC television after the Labor Department showed the economy generated only 18,000 jobs last month, a fraction of what economists expected.
Goolsbee spoke as the White House and congressional leaders were deep into tense discussions over cutting government spending, even though economists say that could further hold back the economy.
The private sector, expected to power up the economic recovery, added just 57,000 positions -- compared to 241,000 in April, the Labor Department said.
Offsetting that was a loss of 39,000 government jobs as authorities in federal, state and local administrations slash payrolls to address budget deficits.
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