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Apr 10, 2024 @ 3:00PM
Hearing: Building Blocks for Success: Investing in Early Childhood Education
Jun 4, 2024 @ 2:30PM
Hearing: Artificial Intelligence and Its Potential to Fuel Economic Growth and Improve Governance
Jun 12, 2024 @ 3:00PM
Hearing: Made in America: The Boom in U.S. Manufacturing Investment
Nov 19, 2024 @ 2:30PM
Hearing: Building on the Success of TCJA: The 2025 Tax Policy Debate
From Chairman
Martin Heinrich
U.S. Senator (D-NM)
Democratic News
November 13, 2024
JEC Chairman Heinrich: Trump’s Inflationary Policies will “Lead to Skyrocketing Prices”
“But with President-Elect Trump in office, the reality for Americans’ finances will become bleak. Trump and Republicans have led Americans to believe that their policies will lower costs, but make no mistake: imposing new tariffs, mass deportations, ...
Vice Chairman
David Schweikert
U.S. Congressman (R-AZ)
Republican News
November 25, 2024
Vice Chairman Schweikert on National Debt Surpassing $36 Trillion
“The blatant disregard for fiscal responsibility is astounding – not only are we now $36 trillion in debt, but it only took 118 days [since July 26, 2...
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AT THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE OFFICEState Unemployment Data
Latest Economic Data
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 187,000 in August, and the unemployment rate rose to 3.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.8 percent in the third quarter of 2024, according to the “second” estimate.
The latest data released by the Department of Labor show that the number of initial unemployment claims fell to 192,000 for the week ending March 11, down 20,000 from the prior week. The four-week moving average, which smooths week-to-week volatility in the data, is 196,500, down 76% since President Biden took office.
