Christina Romer

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Christina Romer

Former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers

Christina Romer's Posts

Economy

The Employment Situation in August

September 3, 2010 at 9:44 AM EDT

Private sector employment increased by 67,000 in August and the unemployment rate rose to 9.6%.

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Economy

The Employment Situation in July

August 6, 2010 at 9:45 AM EDT

Private nonfarm payroll employment increased by 71,000 in July and the unemployment rate remained at 9.5%.

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Economy

Advance Estimate of GDP for 2010:Q2 and GDP Revisions

July 30, 2010 at 9:33 AM EDT

Real GDP rose 2.4% in the second quarter of 2010. The historical revision shows a deeper recession through the second quarter of 2009.

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Economy

Extending High-Income Tax Cuts is the Wrong Answer for the Recovery

July 28, 2010 at 3:20 PM EDT

A tax cut for high-income earners is a particularly ineffective job creation measure.

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CEA Releases Fourth Quarterly Report on the Economic Impact of the Recovery Act

July 14, 2010 at 1:57 PM EDT

New report finds that the Act has had a substantial effect on output and employment, is leveraging private capital, and making important investments in the future productivity of the country.

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The Employment Situation in June

July 2, 2010 at 9:30 AM EDT

Private nonfarm payroll employment increased by 83,000 in June and the unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a percentage point to 9.5%.

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Economy

The Employment Situation in May

June 4, 2010 at 9:30 AM EDT

Payroll employment grew by 431,000 in May – the largest one month employment gain since March 2000.

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The Employment Situation in April

May 7, 2010 at 9:38 AM EDT

Payroll employment increased 290,000 in April - the largest one month gain since 2006.

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Statement on the Advance Estimate of GDP for the First Quarter of 2010

April 30, 2010 at 9:46 AM EDT

CEA Chair Christina Romer writes that the economy has improved dramatically over the past year.

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Economy

Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on the Clean Energy Transformation

April 22, 2010 at 10:41 AM EDT

The Recovery Act created more that 80,000 clean energy jobs in the first quarter of 2010, according to a new supplement to the CEA's Third Report to Congress on the Recovery Act, which was released on April 14, 2010.

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