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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
December 6, 2024
JEC Chairman Heinrich: Trump’s “plan of vengeance to deport undocumented workers and impose tariffs will not create jobs”
“President-Elect Trump and Republicans love to rewrite history. Here are the facts: Trump was the first President since World War II to leave office with fewer jobs than when his administration started. And his disastrous policies will hurt our econo...
Vice Chairman
David Schweikert
U.S. Congressman (R-AZ)
Republican News
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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.
