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Participants talked about the state of the U.S. economy. Among the issues they addressed were corporate crime, deficit spending, confidence in the stock market, and Republican focus on poten…

Administration officials and members of Congress announced a program to deregulate the energy industry. The plan would introduce competition at the local level and would require utility comp…

Janet Yellen announced a slight increase in unemployment, however, the economy is still strong. She also said that inflation remains in check. Gene Sperling talked about using the budget sur…

Ms. Yellen talked about economic expansion, noting that the U.S. economy had endured the longest economic expansion on record. She said that the strong labor market had produced benefits for…

William Daley talked about the goals of the Telecommunications Act. He said that the policies in the act were producing the results desired. He described the competition and improved costs i…

Participants discussed and explained the president’s budget proposal. They talked about how the plan would reduce the federal budget deficit and provide fiscal discipline while allowing grow…

Panelists spoke on the recent global financial problems across the world. They discussed how many countries have recently experienced deregulation of their financial institutions this has al…

Mr. Sperling spoke on the recent poverty statistics released from the Census Bureau. He stated that the strong economy is increasing income, and that minority groups and single mothers also …

Senate Judiciary Committee members heard testimony from Chairman Alan Greenspan, members of the Federal Reserve Board and representatives from the Department of Justice. They discussed the i…

Members of President Bill Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers and other officials talked about reports on the gender wage gap, which was the gap between male and female wages. The gap had…

President Clinton’s economic advisors talked about the budget surplus, the first since 1969 and how the administration would like to utilize the surplus. Earlier President Clinton had urged …

Current and former members of the Council of Economic Advisers and the Federal Reserve Board examined the reasons behind and prospects for continuing U.S. economic growth. They discussed the…

Janet Yellen and Gene Sperling talked about the leading economic indicators and the success of the American economy. They outlined numbers for consumer confidence and buying power. Ms. Yelle…

Administration officials discussed elements of President Clinton’s balanced budget proposal and answered questions from the press.

White House economic advisers, Janet Yellen, Council of Economic Advisors Chairman, and Gene Sperling, National Economic Advisor, talked with reporters about the Census Bureau’s report on in…

White House officials briefed the media on the results of a three-year study that looked at the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement on the economies of the United States, Cana…

Janet Yellen, Council of Economic Advisors, Chairman, announced that the economy grew at an estimate 2.2 percent rate over the second quarter. She also stressed that the budget agreement wi…

Administration economic officials briefed reporters on the details of President Clinton’s tax proposal, which he highlighted outside the White House earlier in the day. The House and Senate …

Vice President Al Gore and Clinton administration officials, including Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, White House Budget Director Franklin Raines, and Council of Economic Advisors Chair Ja…

After the president’s announcement in Baltimore, members of the administration budget negotiating team briefed reporters on various aspects of the budget agreement at the White House. They s…