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“I’m trying to figure out here whether I should predict another bill quickly or not, but the talks have speeded up in the last couple days,” said Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, speaking at an event in Kentucky. Mr. McConnell, who has largely been removed from the talks but has been briefed regularly by Mr. Mnuchin, added, “I think we’re closer to getting an outcome.”

Republicans have balked at Democrats’ relief plans, deeming them far too costly. But Mr. Trump’s diagnosis, coming on the heels of a grim jobs report, had the potential to change their political calculations, possibly jolting the White House and leading Republicans into a more compromising posture as they face strong political headwinds.

At the White House, Mark Meadows, the chief of staff, said Mr. Trump was eager for a compromise, telling reporters that the president’s “first question to me this morning was, ‘How is the economy doing? How are the stimulus talks going on Capitol Hill?’” (Mr. Trump has not spoken to Ms. Pelosi in months, instead dispatching Mr. Mnuchin and Mr. Meadows to negotiate on his behalf.)

But the cautious optimism belied a significant number of unresolved differences between the latest $2.2 trillion Democratic proposal, which top Democrats muscled through the House on Thursday without Republican support, and the administration’s latest offer.

In a letter to the Democratic caucus, Ms. Pelosi singled out five critical areas of disagreement: the amount of new spending, jobless aid, funding for schools and state and local governments, money for child tax credits, and providing funds for testing and tracing of the coronavirus.