JEC analysis finds lower women’s earnings, higher child poverty rates in states with more restrictive abortion laws.
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Wealth of data show Hispanics make outsized contributions to U.S. economy but are excluded from full economic participation.
Sep 02 2022
JEC Chairman Beyer on August Jobs Report
Today, Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that nonfarm payroll employment increased by 315,000 in August, labor force participation increased to 62.4%, and the unemployment rate increased to 3.7%.
Aug 23 2022
Politico: Financial Inclusion
A new report from the Joint Economic Committee finds nearly one in five U.S. adults are either unbanked or underbanked, and of the roughly 20 percent who lack access to a bank account or rely on alternative financial services, a disproportionate share are lower-income earners or people of color.
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Black and Hispanic Americans are more than twice as likely as white Americans to be unbanked or underbanked, meaning they either don’t have a bank account or mostly use things like check cashing services or payday lenders.
Banking and financial exclusion disproportionately impact marginalized communities
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), released the following statement after the House passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
