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.
Obama Recovery Remains Far Below Average on Key Measures
Rep. Kevin Brady, Chairman of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee commented on yesterday’s economic speech by President Obama and today’s employment situation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) that the economy added 248,000 nonfarm payroll jobs (236,000 in the private sector) ...
Joint Report Finds Vulnerabilities in Census Data Collection
Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), Joint Economic Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service & Census Chairman Blake Farenthold (R-TX), released a joint staff report t...
Federal Reserve Continues Tapering; Lays Groundwork for Normalizing Interest Rates
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), chairman of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee, released the following statement on today’s decision of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to reduce its purchases of agency mortgage-backed securities to $5 billion per month and reduce its purchases of longer-te...
