Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Chair of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), will hold a hearing entitled, "The Economic Outlook," on Wednesday, April 14 2010, at 10:00 a.m. The Honorable Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, will testify.

Today the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) released its monthly state-by-state report “Understanding the Economy: State-by-State Snapshots,” featuring key economic indicators for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Washington, D.C. – A new report released today by the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) provides an in-depth look at unemployment and long-term unemployment among African Americans and shows that both the unemployment rate and the duration of unemployment increased dramatically during the Great Recession for African American workers.

Representative Carolyn Maloney, Chair of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), and Senator Charles E. Schumer, Vice Chair of the JEC, released a report today estimating the impact of the Healthy Families Act (S. 1152, introduced by Senator Chris Dodd, and H.R. 2460, introduced by Representative Rosa DeLauro), on access to paid sick leave.