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Ben Bernanke presented the semiannual Monetary Report of the Federal Reserve Board. Topics included U.S. economy, real gross domestic product, GDP increase and rising of industrial productio…

The Joint Economic Committee questions Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke about the economic outlook. He also talked about the potential impact of rising fuel prices on the economy, potential…

Chairman Bernanke provided his first testimony on the semi-annual monetary policy report of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System. Topics included the state of the economy, po…

Ben S. Bernanke testified about his nomination as the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Mr. Bernanke told the committee that his top priority would be to continue the polic…

Chairman Greenspan testified regarding the state of the U.S. economy and the economic outlook for the future. Among the specific topics addressed were job creation, inflation, consumer price…

Mr. Greenspan testified about the state of the economy. Among the topics he addressed were corporate accounting scandals, the stock market, proposed tax cuts by the Bush administration, and …

The witnesses testified about the September unemployment statistics and their impact on the economy. The statistics discussed included duration of unemployment, unemployment insurance claims…

During a hearing of the Senate Banking Committee, Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, testified about the state of the U.S. economy saying that the economy was fundamentally sou…

Chairman Greenspan testified about the state of the economy, saying that there were growing signs that the economy was improving and that it was unlikely that the Federal Reserve would cut i…

Committee members heard testimony on Congressional Budget Office projections for the U.S. economy and the federal budget surplus.

Senators heard testimony from Chairman Greenspan on the Humphrey-Hawkins monetary policy report. In the report he stated that although the economy is in a period of “unprecedented growth,” h…

Senate Banking Committee members heard testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan during his report on the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve Board. He talked about the state…

The committee continued to hear testimony on economic recovery proposals and the state of the American economy from a panel of policy experts and academicians. The hearing sought to provide …

Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-NY), chairman of the Joint Economic committee, reviewed the nature and causes for the current recession in America, and held up graphs to emphasize the necessity for…

The Joint Economic Committee heard about the nation’s unemployment rate which edged down slightly to 7.5% in September, even though employers laid off 57,000 more workers, according to stati…

Joint Economic Committee hearing on Poverty in America for statistics on American income and poverty from administration officials and economic scholars.

Sen. Sarbanes, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, discussed recent rising unemployment figures for May 1992, other indicators concerning the U.S. economy, and the upcoming economic su…

Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Maryland, announced the release of the Joint Economic Committee’s annual report on the economy. Sen Sarbanes reviewed the majority report while Rep. Dick Armey, R-Texas…

National League of Cities hosted a discussion on the federal budget and the economy. Guests on the panel were, Senator Paul Sarbanes and Representatives Barney Frank and Christopher Shays.

Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-Maryland), Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, participated in a live call-in program. He spoke about economic growth and recent unemployment figures.