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News release: “Today, the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), chaired by Representative Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), released the 2010 Joint Economic Report, which provides an overview of the state of the U.S. economy at the halfway point in 2010. The annual report, mandated by the requirements from the 1946 Employment Act, details the lasting …
Medicare Payment Authority Commission – A Data Book: Healthcare Spending and the Medicare Program (June 2010) “MedPACs Data Book is the result of discussions with congressional staff members regarding ways that MedPAC can better support them. It contains the type of information that MedPAC provides in publications like the March or June reports; it also …
Does Unemployment Insurance Inhibit Job Search? July 2010 Report by the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, Representative Carolyn Maloney, Chair “The principal purpose of the unemployment insurance (UI) program is to provide workers with a safety net in the event that they lose their job. However, some worry that unemployment insurance benefits may inhibit unemployed …
Bureau of Labor Statistics: “The National Compensation Survey (NCS) 2009 provides comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, the incidence of benefits, and detailed benefit provisions. This bulletin presents estimates of the detailed provisions of employer-provided health and retirement plans in private industry in 2009. Under the NCS program, information on the incidence and …
Real Earnings, June 2010 – All employees: “Real average hourly earnings for all employees rose 0.1 percent from May to June, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This increase stems from a 0.1 percent decrease in average hourly earnings combined with a 0.1 percent decrease in the Consumer Price Index for …
