By Bhagyashree Garekar, US Correspondent

WASHINGTON: He is not officially on the job but the snowballing economic crisis makes United States President-elect Barack Obama look like he is already in charge.

On Monday, Mr Obama vowed to 'jolt' the economy back to health with a large new stimulus package, as he introduced the key members of his economic Cabinet.

On Tuesday, he was facing the cameras again, this time declaring his intention to cut billions of dollars in wasteful spending while naming an aide to run the White House budget office.

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