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WASHINGTON – At 10:30 a.m. on Friday, January 6, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy Jan Eberly will hold a pen and pad briefing to discuss the December employment numbers. Eberly will discuss the recent economic indicators in the context of the Administration’s efforts to strengthen the economic recovery, including the need to extend the payroll tax cut for the remainder of the year and pass the pieces of the American Jobs Act. Private economists have said that these efforts could create more than a million jobs and provide a major boost to economic growth. **WHO: **Jan Eberly, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy **WHAT:**Pen and pad briefing on employment data and economic recovery **WHEN:**Friday, January 6, 2012 10:30 a.m. **WHERE: **Department of Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Media Room 4121 Washington, DC 20220 A listen-in only conference call line will also be available. For the listen-in only call information or for media without Treasury press credentials planning to attend, contact Ronda Buckmon in Treasury’s Office of Public Affairs at Ronda.Buckmon@treasury.gov with the following information: name, Social Security number, date of birth, country of citizenship. PLEASE NOTE: This is a pen and pad briefing only; no cameras or recording devices for broadcast purposes will be allowed. ###