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The data collected by our statistical agencies are vital to informing policy debates and evalu ating the effectiveness of those policies we put into place As we debate health care reform Census data tells...policymakers on this com mittee and at all levels of government rely on the data produced by the Census Bureau as we weigh policy decisions The data en ables us to evaluate whether or not a policy is achieving the...But statistical agencies like the Census Bureau should be absent political pres sures so that the data remains unbiased and objective Today we will hear from former Census Directors who combined have over...

surrounding the so called Buffett rule But an analysis by my Joint Economic Committee staff of IRS taxpayer data prove President Obama s campaign assertions to be untrue high income Americans on average pay income...tax rate for the companies in their study was 17 5 percent Is anyone on the panel familiar with this data Give me your as sessment of those differentials Mr Hanlon Sure I can jump in I mean Citizens for Tax...individuals And that keeps them in that position It is very bad In terms of equity here is what the data of Dr Kotlikoff showed when he looked at 42 family sets and ran his simulation model He said that...

advantage The American Community Survey is unique for its ability to produce annual economic and social data for the Nation down to the smallest geographic areas Policymakers and Federal agencies use census...than 450 billion in Fed eral funds to State and local governments based in whole or in part on ACS data Local governments use ACS information to decide where to build new roads schools and hospitals But...Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau can jointly use a voluntary survey to obtain the necessary data from the Current Population Survey to generate accurate employment statistics so why can t the able...

economic reports including today s employment report which have shown a mixed economic picture The data are better than a few months ago but not strong enough to significantly bring down the unemployment...national statistical agency that collects processes analyzes and disseminates essen tial statistical data to the American public the U S Congress other Federal agencies State and local governments businesses...members of the committee Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the em ployment and unemployment data This microphone doesn t work Representative Hinchey Do the best you can Commissioner Hall Nonfarm...

or all of the remaining 0 07 of the remaining gap might be ex plained by factors for which we lack data or are difficult to meas ure such as work experience outside the Federal Government GAO was careful...Education and Experi ence Diminish To prepare the report we used data from the Office of Personnel Management s Central Personnel Data File This is a database that contains salary and employment related...related information for the majority of civilian employees in the executive branch We used this data to perform two kinds of analysis first a cross sec tional analysis that took snapshots of the Federal workforce...

you Welcome Commissioner Hall before the Committee as well as the other witnesses The labor market data reported today reflects con tinued economic weakness Overall employment declined by 539 000 with losses...000 while government employ ment increased by 72 000 The unemployment rate rose to 8 9 percent These data are not surprising given recent economic trends Real GDP declined by 6 1 percent in the first quarter...year with business investment plunging by 38 percent There are some preliminary signs and some other data that the rapid rate of economic decline may be VerDate Nov 24 2008 13 57 Mar 16 2010 Jkt 051800 PO...

looked at the question about replicability how robust is this test We looked at the limitations of the data that are used in this stress test and we make some recommendations going forward as to the trans parency...Oversight Panel they have made available information under the stress test an unprecedented amount of data This is very unusual for the Federal Reserve to make the results of tests like this available other...00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 C DOCS 54082 TXT SHAUN PsN DPROCT 11 additional information or any data that is just outside what we are able to see Chair Maloney And today it has been announced that major...

if Congress were to reauthorize the cut for the remaining 10 months of the year We know that this data will be helpful in states and by county The Employment Report that was released on Friday showed that...And the number was about the same the pre vious year Chairman Casey That is the latest year we have data for Ms Conti Yes Chairman Casey Thanks very much Congressman do you have something before we go Representative...cautioned your use of the data the decline in the labor force participation rate in January is a statistical result It is new population controls by Census They go back and revise the data and they put all the...

exhaust the list of potential statistical tools The items in this report simply indicate what additional data would contribute significantly to economic analysis After each study listed will be found a statement...from business establish ments we do not now know what the most economical means of ob taining the data would be and we have indicated the need for funds to develop an adequate program The nature of this...supply it and to devise a reporting program consistent with industry accounting practices so that the data might be obtained most efficiently and with the least possible burden With regard to the magnitude...

out of an average per capita outlay of 1 142 according to Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce data This may be compared with 1939 when food expenditures were less than 24 percent of total con sumption...wars for all items combined and the major categories separately I It should be noted that the summary data of prices and indexes presented above are on a national basis covering 56 cities For individual cities...wholesale prices of farm products and foods which in turn rose higher than retail food prices The data in table V show this clearly TABLE V Food products Indexes of prices at seseral levels of marketing...