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Jul 02 2024

El Crecimiento de las Pequeñas Empresas Está Aumentando Más con los Demócratas que con Trump

Cuando más empresarios pueden establecer y desarrollar sus propios negocios, genera oportunidades económicas, crea trabajos locales, fortaleza la clase media, y diversifica nuestra economía. Los demócratas en el Congreso aprobaron inversiones esenciales para la recuperación económica y la construcción de infraestructura, que creó la fundación para un récord de 16 millones de solicitudes de nuevas empresas entre 2021 y 2023. Este aumento significativamente supera el crecimiento de empresas nuevas durante la presidencia de Trump, o cualquier otro expresidente republicano. Las políticas de los demócratas están funcionando favorablemente para los dueños de pequeñas empresas por todo el país y la nueva etapa de oportunidades económicas ya ha empezado.

Jun 25 2024

State by State Data: May Employment Data

Each month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases national and state-level data on U.S. employment, which provide useful information about the state of the labor market and progress toward building a better America. The below map and chart created by the Joint Economic Committee highlight key trends in the most recent monthly data for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The most recent state-level data, which cover the month of May 2024, were released on June 25th, 2024. The latest national data were released on June 7th, 2024.

Jun 18 2024

JEC Democrats’ Response to the 2024 Economic Report of the President

The Joint Economic Committee Democrats’ response to the annual Economic Report of the President highlights policies that move us towards these goals. This report builds on the work done by the Committee over the last year to analyze the economy and highlight effective economic policies. Summaries of each of the report’s chapter are provided below.

Jun 10 2024

Flooding Costs the U.S. Between $179.8 and $496.0 Billion Each Year

The Joint Economic Committee’s Democratic staff estimates that the total cost of flooding in the United States is between $179.8 and $496.0 billion each year in 2023 dollars. The graph below shows the lower-bound estimate of what flooding costs the country in total each year. It is important to note that, while climate change is increasing the cost of flooding, there is significant uncertainty around what the true total cost of flooding is in any given year. Regardless of the exact number, it is clear that floods represent a massive cost to the U.S. economy.