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The Unforced Error of Trade Policies That Impede the Economy
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Mark Green
Posted February 8, 2019
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office’s new report, “The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2019 to 2029,” says what we’ve been saying for some time now – the administration’s tariff policies are a drag on the broader economy.
CBO projects that “the recent changes in trade policy in the United States and its trading-partner countries will reduce the level of U.S. real GDP by about 0.1 percent by 2022
Now, 0.1 percent might not sound like a lot over that time period, but potentially we’re talking about hundreds of billions of dollars subtracted from the economy. Dean Foreman, API chief economist, says it’s particularly concerning in the context of an economy that’s decelerating.
Study: Industry Supports 10.3 Million U.S. Jobs
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Mark Green
Posted August 1, 2017
The United States leads the world in natural gas and oil production, thanks to vast energy reserves and advanced technologies, such as hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, and also the work of natural gas, oil and refining sectors that supply Americans’ daily needs and increase our security while boosting the broader economy and advancing climate goals. This economic heft is clear in a new PwC study showing that the natural gas and oil industry supported 10.3 million U.S. jobs in 2015 – up 500,000 since 2011– while adding $1.3 trillion to the national economy or about 7.6 percent of U.S. GDP. Importantly, industry’s economic lift extends to all 50 states, PwC found, energy producers and non-producers.