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Julio Barreto
The Brookings Institution gave President Obama an A- for his handling of the current economic situation in a posting released January 11. The grade was part of a status report issued by Brookings a year after issuing a series of 12 memos to the incoming president on the most important issues it felt the nation faced during his tenure in office.Brookings gives the president credit for appointing Timothy Geithner as Secretary of the Treasury and for keeping Ben Bernanke as Chair of the Federal Reserve. Overall, Brookings gives the president an A for his handling of the current economic crisis. However, it feels the president still has to improve on his perceived ability to address long-term economic challenges. He gets a B- for his handling of long-term issues for his overall rating of A-.For...
