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600 a year on housing expenses 9 600 a year on transportation and 4 200 a year on health care iv Overall households spend about 26 percent of their income on housing although that number is higher for poorer...

JEC Logo JEC Logo Skip to main content United States Congress Joint Economic Committee About Hearings Annual Reports Democrats Members Publications Press Center Receive Updates Republicans Joint Economic...Economic Committee Democrats released a fact sheet today on the state of retirement in the United States as Republicans attempt to pass Congressional Review Act legislation making it harder for Americans...workers do not have access to a retirement plan The fact sheet The Retirement Crisis also explains how American families are vulnerable to future financial insecurity Lawmakers must focus on policies that...

fact sheet provides a snapshot of the current economic state of the Latino community in the United States It includes the latest statistics on the economic well being for the nation s Latino community including...one of the fastest growing minority groups in the United States More than 58 million people of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity live in the United States today comprising over 18 percent of the country s total...is projected to reach 1 7 trillion by 2020 5 Latinos also own 3 3 million businesses in the United States accounting for almost 500 billion in economic activity annually 6 The unemployment rate for Latino...

economic expansion of the late 1990s labor force participation of working age people in the United States suffered a precipitous decline through the so called jobless recovery in the economy of the early...upgrading the nation s infrastructure will create jobs and promote economic growth Revitalizing antitrust laws and restoring competitiveness to markets will allow innovators and entrepreneurs to compete bringing...Gordon Hanson 2013 The China Syndrome Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States American Economic Review Vol 103 no 6 pp 2121 68 Acemoglu Daron and Pascual Restrepo 2017 Robots...

life can be difficult for some the economic state of the veteran community is on an upward trend Overall the nation s 20 5 million veterans earn more experience lower unemployment are more likely to have...partly due to the transferability of employment from one government entity into another and recent laws providing preference for veterans in the government hiring process Almost one third of federal executive...These businesses generate sales exceeding 1 1 trillion and employ more than 5 million people 10 Overall 9 1 percent of U S businesses are veteran owned Veteran owned businesses are an important source...

appropriate time to focus on the millions of workers who start each week not knowing when they will work or how much they will earn About one in six workers have irregular work schedules working split or rotating...broader economy in a number of ways Unpredictable employee schedules create income uncertainty for affected workers which constrains their spending Hours and incomes can vary greatly from week to week or...or month to month making it very difficult to plan or budget This could lead to lower levels of overall consumer spending which accounts for more than two thirds of GDP 10 Irregular schedules are associated...

of the economy Supporting industries that drive productivity growth is important during a time of overall slowed growth 2 Generates high earning potential STEM workers earn an average of 14 000 more per...percent more than women in non STEM jobs But despite filling nearly half of all jobs in the United States women hold less than one fourth of all STEM jobs 6 Closes racial and ethnic wage gaps Racial and...

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Skip to main content United States Congress Joint Economic Committee Home About Hearings Annual Reports Democrats Republicans Search Newsroom Members 2025 Joint Economic Report Data and research Employment...Download PDF Download PDF Washington DC The Joint Economic Committee JEC today released a study on how federal tax policy has influenced the way the U S health insurance market has developed over the past...Committee Republicans G 01 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 202 224 5171 United States Congress Joint Economic Committee...