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Bush Report Predicts Rapid Economic Growth

NPR | By Don Gonyea

Published February 9, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

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President George Bush defends his record on job-creation and managing the U.S. economy during a speech in Missouri Monday as the White House sends its annual economic report to Congress. Bush's economic report predicts the economy will grow at 4 percent in 2004, with 2.6 million new jobs created. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.