WASHINGTON--Barack Obama conferred with "some of his key economic advisors including Paul Volcker, Bob Rubin, Lawrence Summers and Laura Tyson about the state of the financial markets," spokesman Linda Douglass said Monday.
"They discussed what to expect from financial markets today and over the course of this week, how these events would impact the overall economy, and what steps should be taken to address the problems in our financial markets and economy more broadly," she said in a statement
Lynn Sweet is a columnist and the Washington Bureau Chief for the 
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Clearly Obama has chosen four of the smartest, wisest advisers to help on economics. I just hope that we can hold out to January 20th so that they can get to work
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