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Employment Hearing

A hearing before the Joint Economic Committee will be held on Friday, December 3, 2010, at 9:30 a.m., in room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building. Hearing on “The Employment Situation: November 2010”
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Play Obamanopoly to find out how much EXTRA Obamacare will c...

Last March, President Obama and Democrats in Congress hailed passage of the $1.3 trillion Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, claiming that, despite a massive expansion of government’s role in health care, the 2,801-page law will actually reduce the deficit. Critics pointed out that the leg...
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Major U.S. Cities Lost 1 Million Jobs

Washington, D.C. - The twenty largest metropolitan areas in America have a million fewer workers on the job today than when the $814 billion federal stimulus program began, according to a new economic analysis by a congressional panel.
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Weekly Economic Update: November 22-26, 2010

Overview: GDP growth was revised upwards to 2.5% for the 3rd quarter. Existing home sales fell 2.2% in October as new home sales fell 8.1%. Personal income rose 0.5% and personal spending rose 0.4% in October. Durable orders fell 3.3% in October. Initial jobless claims fell by 34,000 to a level...
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3rd quarter GDP growth revised upwards to 2.5%

According to the second estimate, annualized GDP growth in the 3rd quarter was 2.5%. This marks an upward revision from the advance estimate of 2.0%. Growth in the 2nd quarter was 1.7%, and was 3.7% in the 1st quarter of 2010. The BEA will release its third estimate for 3rd quarter GDP growth o...
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Weekly Economic Update: Nov. 15-19, 2010

Overview: Retail sales rose 1.2% in October. The topline PPI rose 0.4% in October while the core PPI fell 0.6%. The topline CPI rose 0.2% in October; the core CPI was unchanged. Industrial production was flat in October. Housing starts fell 11.7% in October as building permits edged up 0.5%. B...
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The Rationale for Low Capital Gains Tax Rates

Capital gains tax rates have historically been lower than ordinary income tax rates for a number of reasons, including the positive economic effects of investment and the impact of inflation on capital gains. Additionally, strong behavioral responses and the potential to avoid capital gains taxat...
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Business Write-Off Extensions: Not as Beneficial as Lower Ra...

Initially proposed by President Obama as stimulus spending targeted at small business investment, the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010 contains $30 billion in funding to encourage small business lending and $12 billion of small business tax breaks (including a 50% bonus depreciation extens...
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IMF Research Shows the Type of Fiscal Consolidation Matters...

Fiscal Consolidation = Short-Term Contraction, Long-Term Expansion Sparked by rising sovereign default risks and mounting debts across the globe, many countries are confronting serious calls for fiscal consolidation. Such consolidations, which take the form of tax increases or spending cuts, may...
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Video: FOX Business The Willis Report 10-06-10

Congressman Brady discusses how this Congress and President have spent nearly $2 for every tax dollar raised in their 7 signature initiatives including Obamacare and the stimulus. The numbers were crunched by the economists on the Republican staff of the Joint Economic Committee and shine a harsh li...

Video: Rep. Brady Opening Statement JEC Hearing on Gender Pay Gap

Representative Kevin Brady, the Senior House Republican on the Joint Economic Committee gives his opening statement at a hearing on the Gender Pay Gap for Women and Mothers in Management.

Video: Rep. Brady Gives Final Comments at JEC hearing on Gender Gap

Representative Kevin Brady, Senior House Republican on the Joint Economic Committee offers his final comments at a recent JEC Hearing on the Gender Pay Gap for Women and Mothers in Management.
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