Chairman Lee on July's Strong Employment Numbers
Today, Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee Mike Lee (R-UT) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Labor Department July 2019 jobs report.
JEC Chairman Lee on Second Quarter GDP Growth
GDP grew at 2.1% in the second quarter, beating expectations though slowing from last quarter’s 3.1% rate. The increase confirms other economic data showing we have matched the longest economic expansion on record, quarter for quarter. The annual GDP revisions also show that growth in 2017 was stro...
Chairman Lee on the Longest Economic Expansion on Record
Today, Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee Mike Lee (R-UT) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Labor Department June 2019 jobs report...
Chairman Lee: The Economy Remains Fundamentally Resilient
Today, Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee Mike Lee (R-UT) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Labor Department May 2019 jobs report...
Podcast: The Economic Impacts of the 2020 Census and Business Uses of Federal Data
Following the JEC's second hearing, The Economic Impacts of the 2020 Census and Business Uses of Federal Data, Scott Winship was joined by Mallory Bateman, State Data Center Coordinator and Research Analyst at the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute and Nick Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Chair in Political Eco...
Op-Ed: Brain Drain and the Polarization of America
Are we more divided as a nation today than we were before? Our new research within the Joint Economic Committee’s Social Capital Project suggests that we are. The findings indicate that Americans are more frequently dividing themselves geographically and along lines of education. Highly educated Ame...
Podcast: Expanding Opportunity by Strengthening Families, Communities, and Civil Society
At the Joint Economic Committee, we believe knowledge of social capital is vital to achieving our goal of expanding economic opportunity for all Americans. Join us as we invite hearing witnesses to engage in a deeper social capital conversation on The Social Capitalists Podcast: Post-hearing Discuss...
Podcast: The Importance of Social Capital with JEC Chairman Mike Lee
At the JEC, we believe knowledge of social capital is essential to our understanding of our country’s economic health and that it’s vital to achieving our goal of expanding economic opportunity for all Americans. But what is exactly is social capital?
Chairman Lee: Our Economy is Showing Remarkable Strength
Today, Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee Mike Lee (R-UT) released the following statement in response to the strong U.S. Labor Department April 2019 jobs report...
JEC Chairman Lee Welcomes Solid First Quarter GDP Growth
“This first quarter estimate of 3.2% GDP growth beat expectations and places the U.S. economy on solid footing for the beginning of 2019. Accelerating exports and decreasing imports led growth in the first quarter, along with increases in business inventories. This puts us ever closer to the longest...