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May 17, 2023 @ 2:30PM
Hearing: Counting the Costs: How a U.S. Default Crisis Harms American Families and Businesses
Jul 27, 2023 @ 10:00AM
Hearing: The Economic Impact of Diabetes
Sep 20, 2023 @ 2:15PM
Hearing: Growing the Economy Of the Future: Job Training For the Clean Energy Transition
Nov 15, 2023 @ 2:30PM
Hearing: Aging Americans and a Waning Workforce: Demographic Drivers of our Deficit
Democratic News
From Chairman
Martin Heinrich
U.S. Senator (D-NM)
December 8, 2023
JEC Chairman Heinrich on November Jobs Report
Washington, D.C.—Today, Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM), 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 19...
December 7, 2023
New JEC Report: Climate Risks Already Destabilizing Insurance Markets, Thre...
Washington, D.C.—Today, Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC) and the Joint Economic Committee Democrats released a new report titled, “Climate Risks are Already Destabilizing Insurance Markets a...
November 28, 2023
New Report: Investment in Puerto Rico’s Clean Energy Infrastructure Can Sup...
Washington, D.C.—Today, the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee Democrats released a new report outlining how investment in Puerto Rico’s clean energy infrastructure can support economic growth on the island. Congress has appropriated $12 billion ...
November 28, 2023
Nuevo Informe: La inversión en infraestructura de energía renovable puertor...
Washington, D.C.— Hoy, los demócratas del Comité Económico Conjunto del Congreso de los Estados Unidos publicaron un nuevo informe que describe cómo la inversión de energía renovable de Puerto Rico puede apoyar el crecimiento económico en la isla. El...
Republican News
Vice Chairman
David Schweikert
U.S. Congressman (R-AZ)
December 8, 2023
Congressman David Schweikert's Daily Debt Monitor
Over the past 365 days, the total national debt has increased by $2.498 trillion. Debt held by the public has increased by $2.323 trillion over the same period (Dec 7 2022 - Dec 7 2023), while intragovernmental debt has grown by $174.503 billion.
December 8, 2023
November 2023 Employment Situation Staff Commentary
Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 199K jobs.
Private sector payroll employment increased by 150K jobs.
Government payroll employment increased by 49K jobs.
The previous two month’s estimates were revised downward by 35K jobs (net; 35K decrea...
November 30, 2023
PCE Inflation October 2023
KEY TAKEAWAYS
At 8:30am, BEA announced that in October:
• Personal income increased by 0.2 percent m/m ($57.1B).
o Real DPI (disposable personal income) per capita increased by 0.2 percent m/m. This means that income rose faster than prices.
•...
November 30, 2023
Treasury Auction Results
Treasury auction results provide insights into investor sentiment, prevailing market interest rates, and the government’s fiscal standing. Updated weekly.
State 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 5.2 percent in the third quarter of 2023, 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.
