Weekly Economic Update: March 6 – March 10, 2017
Featuring a Chart of the Week, this week's examine's America's Constrained Economic Potential, the Weekly Economic Update provides a preview of the week ahead and looks back on the previous week's headlines.
Weekly Economic Update: February 27 – March 3, 2017
Where have all the workers gone? We take a look at the gap in predicted and actual prime-age workers in our Chart of the Week. Plus, a round-up what may be making headlines in the week ahead.
Weekly Economic Update: February 21 – February 24, 2017
This week's Chart of the Week shows the loss of economic potential under the Obama Administration. Each year since 2007, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) lowered its projection of the maximum sustainable inflation-adjusted output the economy can produce—the economy’s real potential GDP.
Weekly Economic Update: February 13 – February 17, 2017
Business investment represents the amount businesses and nonprofits spend on assets that will help them produce more, such as land, buildings, and equipment...
Weekly Economic Update: February 6 – February 10, 2017
Last Friday’s BLS employment report for January was a big turnaround from 2016’s average. The 237,000 nonfarm jobs numbers easily beat expectations. The optimistic results suggest that job creators anticipate pro-growth policies from the current Administration and Congress.
GDP Review (Fourth Quarter 2016)
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that real gross domestic product (RGDP), which is adjusted for inflation, grew at a 1.9% annual rate* in the fourth quarter of 2016. This compares to 3.5%, 1.4%, and 0.8% in the third, second, and first quarters, respectively.
Weekly Economic Update: January 23 – January 27, 2017
Learn how Obamacare choices are dwindling in the Weekly Economic Update's Chart of the Week.
Weekly Economic Update: January 17 – January 20, 2017
A review of headlines from the previous week, including Chair-Designate Pat Tiberi's floor speech on the impact of Obamacare on the economy and a preview of the week ahead. This week's Featured Chart shows Americans' missing share of the economy. If the Obama recovery were an average economic recove...
Weekly Economic Update: January 9 – January 13, 2017
This week's Chart of the Week features the average Obamacare premium increase by state this year. In addition to our chart, the Weekly Economic Update previews the week ahead and gives a roundup of the previous week's headlines.
Weekly Economic Update December 27 – December 30, 2016
Featuring our Chart of the Week, the Weekly Economic Update reviews the previous week's headlines and previews what may be making news this week.
