... will fire workers, cut hours under #Obamacare.” Actually, no more than 13 percent of the small businesses surveyed said that. ... The U.S. Chamber of Commerce claims in a TV ad that the Congressional Budget Office says unemployment “could top 9 percent in 2013.” Maybe so, if Congress doesn't change current […].
Feb 5, 2013 ... Percentage of GDP. Trillions of 2005 dollars. Percent. Actual. Actual. Projected. Projected. Unemployment Rate. GDP and Potential GDP. 1980 1985 ..... CHAPTER ONE. THE BUDGET AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: FISCAL YEARS 2013 TO 2023. 9. CBO. Table 1-1. CBO's Baseline Budget Projections.
Feb 18, 2014 ... Raising the minimum wage would increase family income for many low-wage workers, moving some of them out of poverty. ... Once fully implemented in the second half of 2016, the $10.10 option would reduce total employment by about 500,000 workers, or 0.3 percent, CBO projects (see the table below).
Feb 7, 2014 ... 2013. 2013 Dollars per Hour. Actual Projected. CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE. CBO. The Effects of a ... CBO. The Effects of a Minimum-Wage. Increase on Employment and. Family Income. Summary. Increasing the minimum wage would have two principal.
Feb 4, 2014 ... Economic growth will be solid in the near term, but unemployment will not drop below 6.0 percent until 2017. ... As it does regularly, CBO has prepared baseline projections of what federal spending, revenues, and deficits would look like over the next 10 years if current laws governing federal taxes and ...
Says the Congressional Budget Office said "unemployment could top 9 percent in 2013"