Economic Report of the President 2014
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, commented on today’s release of the Economic Report of the President together with the Annual Report of the Council of Economic Advisers 2014:
JEC Hearing Announcement: "The Economic Report of the President 2014"
A hearing on "The Economic Report of the President 2014" before the Joint Economic Committee will be held on Thursday, March 13, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. in room 1100 Longworth HOB
February Jobs Report: 175,000 Jobs Added But Workers Still Underwater
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, commented on today’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report showing that 175,000 nonfarm payroll jobs and 162,000 private payroll jobs were added in February, while the unemployment rate rose to 6.7%:
“The President’s budget is a big government wish list,” Brady says.
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, responded to today’s release of the President’s Fiscal Year 2015 Budget: “Once again President Obama has failed to submit his budget on time and once again he has failed to submit a serious proposal to put our nat...
Addressing the Opportunity Gap
This commentary recaps and updates the previous series and highlights some facts about economic mobility for future and recommends the pursuit of policies that broaden opportunity for more Americans, encourage job growth to foster economic growth, and remove obstacles that many Americans face in equ...
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...
