Search

Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Health Savings Accounts in National Compensation Survey Data November 26 2006 9 Amy Goldstein Uncertain Cure Early Reaction to Health Savings Accounts is Two Sided...

defenses against future recessions more rapid economic growth and balance of payments equilibrium The data and analysis presented provide the necessary background for the understanding and appraisal of both...ECONOMIC REPORT CHART 3 YIELDS ON U S GOVERNMENT SEWRITIES I I T T I 6 4 1952 1954 1956 Source Based on data from Federal Reserve Bulletin 1958 1960 1962 CHART 4 RATES CHARGED BY BANKS ON SHORT TERM LOANS TO...I A 1 LL I I j PRIME It TE 0 I I I I I I 1 6 5 3 I I I I I I I I 0 1952 1954 1956 Source Based on data from Federal Reserve Bulletin 1958 1960 1962 1962 JOINT ECONOMIC REPORT 15 On the other hand interest...

not adequate for the burden of public and private policy formu lation that it must carry Our price data must guide monetary fiscal and employment policies and they must measure the standard of living of...Executive Branch to apply those guide posts to particular important industries by assembling and analyzing data from both government and nongovernment sources on prices productivity output inputs wages and incomes...and transportation industries are vital to the public interest but are characterized by inadequate data rising costs and disorganization The Government should act as catalyst to indirectly prevent or minimize...

savings in selected cases where changes in legislation would result in economies 35 IV Monev and credit data A Banks other than Federal Reserve banks 36 B Operations of Federal Reserve System 36 V Gross income...secure foundation Without the seaway we shall become steadily more vulnerable in this most strategic of all strategic industries We must not permit that to happen The St Lawrence project has the added attractive...we consider jointly the distribution of armed forces we must consider cooperatively the use of strategic economic assets The most immediate problem we face is to secure an expansion in pro duction of commodities...

Achieving maximum employment and production therefore should be given the highest priority The most recent data show that full time unemployment in January was 4 724 000 or 6 percent seasonally adjusted Adding...percent annually These annual averages for recent years of course would be substantially lower if the data for 1958 were included Emphasis on economic growth has recently been challenged on the grounds that...action in the statistical areas which its studies have shown to be lacking in coverage or ade quate data On October 6 the chairman of the subcommittee released a mimeographed statement which summarized the...

2020 real gross domestic product GDP contracted by 9 1 percent a 31 7 percent https www dol gov ui data pdf accessed March 27 2020 2 annualized decline 2 In response federal and state governments have taken...Team The Economic Impacts of COVID 19 Evidence from a New Public Database Built from Private Sector Data Opportunity Insights Working Paper September 2020 https opportunityinsights org wp content uploads...government spending The multipliers come from researchers using a wide range of models techniques data and time periods A multiplier below one means that additional government spending shrinks private...

study of the impact of internation al trade in services such as banking insurance communications and data processing and of the barriers to such trade However we could not persuade other countries to undertake...economic statistics should restore adequate funding for crucial economic data A full review of Fiscal Year 1984 funding for GNP source data should be undertaken Cooperation and a Common Purpose 88 Recommendation...indebtedness of some of the countries whose problems were made public in 1982 In an effort to develop better data the Interagency Country Ex posure Review Committee of the three U S bank regulatory agen cies has...

advances To compli cate the issue costly military proposals are being made for improve ments in our strategic forces modernization of the tactical air force other increased research and development efforts...updated and published on an ongoing basis This information it should be noted is the complement of the data on the total costs required for attainment of each of the objectives 3 The study of goals and priorities...recommendations are addressed primarily to it Currently the PPB System is generating a substantial amount of data and information on the benefits of programs relative to their costs and on the distribution of the...

1956 1957 1958 1960 19601 1962 I December oach year seasonally adjusted Source Federal Reserve System data Gross national product 329 0 347 0 365 4 363 1397 5 419 2 442 8 444 5 482 8 503 418 7 6553 6 t Demand...stability would be shown If quarterly data were used since yearly figures act to average intrayear moves However in terms of the relationships being examined here annual data seen adequate 45 95856 83 al 48...through out the economy Thus an interaction occurs between the multiplier and accelerator Historical data do not provide any simple and consistent relationship between changes in aggregate demand and changes...

judged with precision from the behavior of official price indexes This committee s studies of these data have revealed the extremely difficult problems faced by the statisticians who construct these price...efficient must be brought into use This factor of course raises costs It is also clear from historical data that manufactured goods prices and raw material prices follow the cycle and rise during expansion...years old has risen alarmingly New data being developed by the Census Bureau also points up the possibility of widespread obsolescence in U S industrial capacity The data shows that in industry after industry...