As President Joe Biden enters the final year of his first term as president, top economic adviser Jared Bernstein said Biden deserves credit for keeping the U.S. economy on track coming out of the pandemic. Bernstein, who now chairs the Council of Economic Advisers, provided his thoughts on the U.S. economy during the debut of Scripps News’ afternoon program “Main and Wall.” His optimism stands in contrast to polling in which more than 2 out of 3 Americans said in December that economic conditions in the U.S. are getting worse, according to Gallup. While inflation is a top reason why many Americans are apprehensive about the economy, the U.S. job market ended 2023 on a strong note as 216,000 jobs were added to the economy during December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said.The unemployment rate…
