Remarks by President Obama at a Meeting with the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2010 – 1:38 P.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody.  All right — don’t break anything.  (Laughter.)  You guys all set?  All right.

Well, thank you all for coming.  We have a few topics to discuss today and I’m eager to hear from all of you about how the economy looks from your perspective and your forecast for the next few months.  We’re particularly interested, obviously, in the issuing of hiring and how…