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Mar 12, 2024 @ 2:30PM
Hearing: The Fiscal Situation of the United States
Apr 10, 2024 @ 3:00PM
Hearing: Building Blocks for Success: Investing in Early Childhood Education
Jun 4, 2024 @ 2:30PM
Hearing: Artificial Intelligence and Its Potential to Fuel Economic Growth and Improve Governance
Jun 12, 2024 @ 3:00PM
Hearing: Made in America: The Boom in U.S. Manufacturing Investment
From Chairman
Martin Heinrich
U.S. Senator (D-NM)
Democratic News
October 23, 2024
JEC Dems State Wage Growth Tracker Highlights Families’ Wages Growing Faster Than Prices
Today, the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) Democrats unveiled a wage growth tracker that shows how wages have fared against inflation in each state since January 2021. JEC Dems found that in nearly every state, average wages and salaries for families ...
Vice Chairman
David Schweikert
U.S. Congressman (R-AZ)
Republican News
October 10, 2024
September 2024 CPI and Real Earnings Staff Commentary
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AT THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE OFFICEState Unemployment Data
Latest Economic Data
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 187,000 in August, and the unemployment rate rose to 3.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 3.0 percent in the second quarter of 2024, according to the "third" estimate.
The latest data released by the Department of Labor show that the number of initial unemployment claims fell to 192,000 for the week ending March 11, down 20,000 from the prior week. The four-week moving average, which smooths week-to-week volatility in the data, is 196,500, down 76% since President Biden took office.