Remained below 4 for the past 18 months. In recent years, weve seen consistently solid gdp growth and job creation. And yet not withstand the successes for many parents across this country, raising a family has become harder and more expensive than ever before. The New York Times recently surveyed adults 20 to 45 who were parents or planned to be. One in four had fewer children or expected to have fewer children than they considered ideal. Economic concerns were foremost among the reasons that they fell short or believed they would. Over the past few years, the joint economic committees social Capital Project has been documenting trends in our associational life, that is, the web of social relationships through which we pursue joint endeavors, our families, communities, workplaces, and religious congregations. A critical source of meaning and social capital is, of course, the family. In fact, it is the central set of headwaters for social connectedness generally. Thats why two of the p
The Investment Committee is ready to go. Halftime report starts right now. Welcome. Good to have you with us. Our Investment Committee at the table today. Ka were going to get to this big day in the stock market in just a minute. First, lets get down to washington, the latest from our kala. Reporter we saw the chinese vice premiere exiting. It was a departure that was casual and cordial. It seems as if they were continuing a conversation out on to the steps of the office here after about three hours of negotiations this morning. The question that we have right now before that Oval Office Meeting with the president later today is what signoff is required from president xi at this point. We believe after dinner the chinese delegation was in touch with officials in china, sort of briefing them on what had transpired throughout the course of today. What we dont know is whether today was just a fleshing out of already agreed upon principles or whether there were new material developments th
The joint costs of raising a child. The hearing is over two hours. Good afternoon. Thank you for being here to join us for this hearing of the joint economic hearing committee. The American Economy is thriving. The current expansion is the longest in history. Unemployment has remained below 4 over the last 18 months. We have seen consistently solid gdp growth and job creation. , notwithstanding the successes, for many parents across this country, raising a family has become harder and more expensive. The New York Times recently reported that based on the survey adults between the ages who are parents or plan to be, they discovered interesting trends. Childrenur had fewer or expected they would have fewer children than they expected to be within the range of ideal. Economic concerns were foremost among the reasons, that they fell short or believed in the future they fell short of what they would consider ideal. These social Capital Project has documented trends in what we associationalr
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H. S. A Das Commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as a caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in, reside in their traditional territory. As guests. We recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homelands. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first people. Secretary, will you please take the roll . Good morning, and thank you, president spears. Commissioners please respond with president when i call your name, president janet weiss. Beers. Present. Vice president nelson lum, president. Commissioner sasha bittner is excused absence. Com