On February 8, Steve Liesman, CNBC Senior Economics
Reporter, sat down with Secretary of the Treasury Jacob J. Lew to discuss the
global economy and U.S. economic outlook in advance of his trip to Istanbul,
Turkey for the G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting and
India for the U.S.-India Economic Financial Partnership Meeting.
Key excerpts from the interview:
"We're seeing strong growth, we're seeing a comeback
in manufacturing, now we're seeing housing and construction come back. And we've seen a deficit go way down, all at
a time when we have people who are now finding the security of having health
care coverage that they didn't have before.
I think that the critics who said all these things were going to hurt
the economy have been proven wrong."
"We need to take a step forward and do the things
that we can to make sure that people have that opportunity. And part of that is business tax reform to
make sure that our businesses are continuing to invest and grow and create jobs
in the United States."
"We need more wage growth that people can really
feel. That's one of the reasons that
the President's working so hard to make sure that infrastructure investment is
moving in this country, that we get education and training programs where they
need to be, and make sure that people have the skills they need to have a
chance in this economy. “
Watch the full interview here.
Macey Matthews is a Digital Strategy Specialist at the U.S. Treasury Department.