WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Vice Chairman designate of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), today released the first edition of state-by-state economic snapshots for the 113th Congress. The reports detail each state’s economic progress, and this month’s report shows that one-half of the states and D.C. recorded private sector job gains in December while 168,000 private sector jobs were added nationally.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), today released the 24th edition of its state-by-state snapshots which detail each individual state’s economic progress. The report shows that more than two out of three states recorded private sector job gains in November and nationally, 147,000 private sector jobs were added.

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, today released a JEC report entitled “Retirement Security After the Great Recession: Middle-Income and Middle-Aged Americans Feeling the Squeeze.” The report analyzes the recession’s impact on retirement security and examines several policies to help working Americans adequately save for retirement.

WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Senator Bob Casey, Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), today released a JEC report examining the threat of international trade on service-industry jobs and the role that Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) plays in providing financial and job training assistance to affected workers. The report, entitled “Trade Adjustment Assistance: Helping Workers Harmed by Global Competition in the Market for Services” highlights the importance of an educated workforce to protect jobs and enhance economic growth.