U.S. President Barack Obama arrives for a conference to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2008 financial crisis at the White House in Washington D.C. on Sept. 16, 2013. Obama said the United States has come a long way out of the financial crisis, the U.S. economy is still not yet where it needs to be. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a conference to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2008 financial crisis at the White House in Washington D.C. on Sept. 16, 2013. Obama said the United States has come a long way out of the financial crisis, the U.S. economy is still not yet where it needs to be. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a conference to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2008 financial crisis at the White House in Washington D.C. on Sept. 16, 2013. Obama said the United States has come a long way out of the financial crisis, the U.S. economy is still not yet where it needs to be. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a conference to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2008 financial crisis at the White House in Washington D.C. on Sept. 16, 2013. Obama said the United States has come a long way out of the financial crisis, the U.S. economy is still not yet where it needs to be. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a conference to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2008 financial crisis at the White House in Washington D.C. on Sept. 16, 2013. Obama said the United States has come a long way out of the financial crisis, the U.S. economy is still not yet where it needs to be. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)