Economy

Today, more women are in the labor force than ever before; the female unemployment rate is at its lowest in more than 40 years.

We know we can make the economy better.

We've gone from deficit to surplus.

We have broken the 4 percent barrier for the first time in three decades.

We should not adopt risky tax cuts that would derail our hard won prosperity.

Today we have further proof of the continued strength of our economy.

It shows that our strategy of fiscal discipline is working for all Americans.

With the strongest economy in our history, the great test the American people face this year in the elections is, what is it that we mean to do with this prosperity?

When we were worried about unemployment, it was hard to think about these big long-term challenges.

The two most significant things that have allowed the longest economic expansion in history for America to be long has been the enormous increase in productivity because of technology.

When I became President, we had a $295 billion deficit.

The personal savings rate in America is too low, and I would like to see it go up.

What are we going to do with these good times?

I think it is very important today that we ask ourselves what we propose to do with this prosperity.

We have to keep the economy going.

We've now run the first back-to-back surpluses in over 40 years.

Lifting the burden of debt from our children and grandchildren is one of the most important investments in the future we can make.

The United States will pay off $216 billion of debt this year—the largest debt paydown in American history.