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Economic Report of the President: About
The
Economic Report of the President is issued by the Executive
Office of the President and the Council
of Economic Advisers. It includes:
- Current and foreseeable trends and annual numerical goals concerning
topics such as employment, production, real income and Federal budget
outlays.
- Employment objectives for significant groups of the labor force.
- Annual numeric goals.
- A program for carrying out program objectives.
The Economic Report of the President is transmitted to Congress no later
than ten days after the submission of the Budget of the United States
Government. Supplementary reports can be issued to the Congress which
contain additional and/or revised recommendations.
Included in the Economic Report of the President is the Annual Report
of the Council of Economic Advisers. Each year, the Council of Economic
Advisers submits this report on its activities during the previous calendar
year in accordance with the requirements of the Congress as set forth
in section 10(d) of the Employment Act of 1946 as amended by the Full
Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978.
The Economic Report of the President has been published since 1950 and
is available on GPO Access from 1995 forward. A searchable database
of the Economic Report of the President is available from 1996 forward.
Documents are available in ASCII text and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), with many of the tables also available for separate viewing and downloading as spreadsheets in xls and comma delimited formats.
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