JEC Chairman's Closing Keynote Address to NABE
JEC Chairman Kevin Brady presents the Closing Keynote Address at the National Association of Business Economists meeting on Tuesday, February 25, 2014.
New Jobs Report: The Economy Plods Along
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, commented on today’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report showing that only 113,000 nonfarm payroll jobs and 142,000 private payroll jobs were added in January, while the unemployment rate slipped by a statistically insignificant ...
CBO Confirms Growth Gap
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, responded to today’s release of the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2014 to 2014 and The Slow Recovery of the Labor Market:
Back-to-Back GDP Growth Encouraging
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, responded to today’s report by the Bureau of Analysis (BEA) that real gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annual rate of 3.2% during the fourth quarter.
Federal Reserve Continues Limited Tapering
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, today praised the decision by the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to continue tapering its large-scale asset purchase program by reducing its purchase of long-term Treasury securities by $5 billion and reducing...
