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Feb 9, 2022 @ 2:30PM
Hearing: Building a Better Labor Market: Empowering Older Workers for a Stronger Economy
Mar 16, 2022 @ 2:30PM
Hearing: Examining the Impact of Shareholder Primacy: What it Means to Put Stock Prices First
Apr 27, 2022 @ 10:00AM
Hearing: Building on a Strong Foundation: Investments Today for a More Competitive Tomorrow
Jul 20, 2022 @ 2:30PM
Hearing: The Economic Toll of Gun Violence
Democratic News
From Chairman
Don Beyer
U.S. Congressman (D-VA)
September 15, 2022
Joint Economic Committee, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Release New Report ...
Wealth of data show Hispanics make outsized contributions to U.S. economy but are excluded from full economic participation.
September 2, 2022
JEC Chairman Beyer on August Jobs Report
Today, Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), 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 315,000 in August, la...
August 23, 2022
Politico: Financial Inclusion
August 22, 2022
New JEC Report Finds Barriers to Financial Inclusion Cause Widespread Econo...
Banking and financial exclusion disproportionately impact marginalized communities
Republican News
From Ranking Member
Mike Lee
U.S. Senator (R-UT)
August 11, 2022
New Research Confirms Importance of Social Capital and Two-Parent Families ...
New research from Opportunity Insights shows the importance of social capital for economic mobility. Specifically, “economic connectedness” is strongly associated with upward income mobility for people with lower income.
August 10, 2022
State Inflation Tracker: July 2022
Americans are facing the highest inflation rates in decades, making it harder for them to afford everyday goods and more expensive to raise their families. Each month coinciding with the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ release of the Consumer Price Index...
August 4, 2022
The HOUSES Act: Addressing the National Housing Shortage by Building on Fed...
The cost of housing is the single biggest expense in the budget of most Americans. Expensive housing can make it harder to start a family, build wealth, and move to places with more economic opportunities. Policies that address the high cost of housi...
July 28, 2022
Ranking Member Lee on Second Quarter GDP Report
WASHINGTON—Ranking Member Mike Lee (R-UT) released the following statement on the Bureau of Economic Analysis GDP estimate for the second quarter of 2022.
State Unemployment Data
Latest Economic Data
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 315,000 in August, and the unemployment rate rose to 3.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 0.6 percent in the second quarter of 2022, following a decrease of 1.6 percent in the first quarter.
The latest data released by the Department of Labor show that the four-week moving average for unemployment claims fell to the lowest level since 1970. The number of new filings for unemployment insurance benefits was 244,000 for the week ending July 9. The four-week moving average, which smooths week-to-week volatility in the data, is 235,750, down 72% since President Biden took office.
