Coats Presses Furman on President's Willingness to Engage in Deficit Reduction
Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.), the Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), today questioned Jason Furman, the Chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, during a JEC hearing on “The Economic Report of the President.”
Coats Opening Statement: The Economic Report of the President
Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.), the chairman of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), today delivered the following opening statement during a hearing examining the Economic Report of the President
Chairman Coats Releases JEC Review of the Economic Report of the President
Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN), Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, released the following statement after filing the Committee's Joint Economic Report. “Despite good intentions, many of the policies that the administration details in the Economic Report of the President would do very little to promote...
Coats Statement on February Employment Numbers
Joint Economic Committee Chairman-designate Dan Coats (R-IN) issued the following statement regarding today's report from the BLS that the U.S. economy added 295,000 nonfarm payroll jobs during February.
Working Family Stress Index Declines to Lowest Level Since January 2011
Rep. Kevin Brady, chairman of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee (JEC) commented on the large decline in the committee’s Working Family Stress Index during November. During November, the Working Family Stress Index declined by 3.8 points to 25.6, its lowest level since January 2011. The ...
A Potomac Side-Step
Rep. Kevin Brady, chairman of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee (JEC) commented on today’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement.
After a Strong Jobs Report, Fed Should Begin to Normalize Policy Now
Rep. Kevin Brady, chairman of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee (JEC) commented on today’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) that the economy added 321,000 nonfarm payroll jobs (314,000 in the private sector) during November and that the unemployment rate remained unchanged a...
Brady calls on President Obama to work with Republicans to Accelerate Growth
Rep. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee commented today’s employment situation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) that the economy added 214,000 nonfarm payroll jobs (209,000 in the private sector) and the unemployment rate ticked down to 5.8% during ...
GDP Growth in Third Quarter Driven by Consumer, Government, and Net Exports
Representative Kevin Brady, chairman of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee, commented on today’s announcement by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) that real gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annual rate of 3.5% during the 3rd-quarter.
Brady calls on FOMC to begin an orderly reduction of its balance sheet
Rep. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee commented on today’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement that it would end its program of purchasing long-term assets known as quantitative easing.
