Chairman
Senator Dan Coats (IN)
Committee News
Weekly Economic Update: November 7 – November 11, 2016
Featuring our Chart of the Week, the Weekly Economic Update is a roundup of the previous week's headlines and a look at the week ahead.
Labor Review: Context for the October Labor Report
Friday’s October employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) registered a 161,000 gain in nonfarm payroll jobs. Private payrolls gain...
Coats Statement on October Jobs Report
Joint Economic Committee Chairman Dan Coats (R-Ind.) issued a statement regarding today’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) that the U....
The ‘New Normal’? Part 3: Fiscal Recklessness
The Obama Administration has been fiscally reckless over the last eight years. It has set records for debt accumulation that rank alongside administr...
JEC Republicans Release Third Report of Series on the “New Normal” Examining Fiscal Recklessness
The Obama Administration’s fiscal recklessness has put our nation on a dangerous trajectory. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office warns us tha...
Economic News
March 2016 Federal Open Market Committee Announcement Review
The financial market volatility that followed the Fed’s December rate hike led most market watchers to conclude that the projected four increases inco...
Hot Issues
Economic Reality
Even though it is April Fool's Day, the state of our economy is not a joking matter. Learn a few key points and access recent JEC analysis.
Examining Economic Performance; Is It the President, the Power of the Purse, or the Private Sector?
Recently, the Joint Economic Committee Minority released a report alleging that economic performance is generally better during Democratic presidentia...
Thanks for Sharing: A Sourcebook for the Gig Economy
The “sharing economy,” also referred to as the “gig economy,” is peer-to-peer access to goods and services, aided by technology. The gig economy has g...
