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ECONOMIC REPORTOF THE PRESIDENT
Transmitted to the CongressFebruary 2012
Together With
THE ANNUAL REPORT
of the
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS
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C O N T E N T S
ECONOMIC REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT ...............................................
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS* 7
CHAPTER . TO RECOVER, REBALANCE, AND REBUILD .............
CHAPTER . THE YEAR IN REVIEW AND THE
YEARS AHEAD ....................................................................37
CHAPTER 3. RESTORING FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY........................8
CHAPTER 4. STABILIZING AND HEALING THE
HOUSING MARKET ...........................................................99
CHAPTER 5. INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FINANCE ...............9
CHAPTER 6. JOBS AND INCOME:
TODAY AND TOMORROW ...........................................63
CHAPTER 7. PRESERVING AND MODERNIZING
THE SAFETY NET ............................................................97
CHAPTER 8. IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH
SMART REGULATION, INNOVATION, CLEAN
ENERGY, AND PUBLIC INVESTMENT ......................3
REFERENCES .............................................................................................67
APPENDIX A REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT ON THE
ACTIVITIES OF THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC
ADVISERS DURING 0 ..............................................93
APPENDIX B. STATISTICAL TABLES RELATING TO INCOME,
EMPLOYMENT, AND PRODUCTION ......................307
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letter of transmittal
Council of Economic AdvisersW, D.C., F 7,
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PC O N T E N T S
CHAPTER . TO RECOVER, REBALANCE, AND REBUILD .......
RECOVERING FROM THE GREAT RECESSION ..........................................
REBALANCING AT HOME AND ABROAD ...................................................9
Restoring Fiscal Responsibility........................................................ REBUILDING A STRONGER ECONOMY .......................................................
Jobs and Income: Today and Tomorrow .......................................
Preserving and Modernizing the Safety Net ..................................
Improving the Quality of Life through Smart Regulation,Innovation, Clean Energy, and Public Investment .......................
CONCLUSION .........................................................................................................
CHAPTER . THE YEAR IN REVIEW AND THE
YEARS AHEAD ...........................................................................................7
AN ECONOMY IN RECOVERY: KEY EVENTS OF .............................8
AN ECONOMY IN RECOVERY: THE LINGERING EFFECTS OF
FINANCIAL CRISES...............................................................................................
DEVELOPMENTS IN AND THE NEAR-TERM OUTLOOK ..............6
Consumption and Saving ................................................................ 6Developments in Housing Markets ................................................ 5
Business Fixed Investment .............................................................. 5
Manufacturing Output ................................................................... 5
Business Inventories ........................................................................ 57
Government Outlays, Consumption, and Investment .................. 57
State and Local Governments ......................................................... 59
Real Exports and Imports ............................................................... 6
Labor Market Trends ...................................................................... 6
Wages, Labor Productivity, and Prices .......................................... 6
Financial Markets ........................................................................... 66
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Small Businesses and the Recovery................................................. 67
THE LONG-TERM OUTLOOK ...........................................................................7Growth in GDP over the Long Term.............................................. 76
CONCLUSION .........................................................................................................79
CHAPTER 3. RESTORING FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY .................8
DETERMINANTS OF CURRENT DEFICITS ...................................................8Falling Effective Tax Rates on Upper-Income Taxpayers............. 85
Heterogeneity in Effective Tax Rates among High-IncomeTaxpayers ......................................................................................... 86
Addressing the Role Of Exclusions and Deductions inEffective Tax Burdens...................................................................... 87
THE FISCAL OUTLOOK.......................................................................................88Medium-Term Budget Projections ................................................. 89
The Vital Role of Economic Growth in FutureFiscal Outcomes ............................................................................... 9
Improvement in Long-Run Budget Projections ............................. 9
THE IMPORTANCE OF RESTORING FISCALSUSTAINABILITY ..................................................................................................9
THE PRESIDENTS BALANCED APPROACH TO
DEFICIT REDUCTION .........................................................................................95
CHAPTER 4. STABILIZING AND HEALING THE
HOUSING MARKET .................................................................................99
THE HOUSING CRISIS AND THE INITIAL POLICY
RESPONSES ........................................................................................................... Initial Policy Responses to the Crisis ............................................
Negative Equity: An Unprecedented andPervasive Problem ......................................................................... 5
MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS OF HOUSING MARKET
WEAKNESS ........................................................................................................... 7Consumption Effects ......................................................................
Residential Construction and Home Ownership Patterns .........
STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS IN HOUSING MARKET ................................ 7Adjudicating Legal Disputes ......................................................... 8
Incentive Conflicts ......................................................................... 9
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POLICY ACTIONS............................................................................................... Building on the Experience of Existing Programs .......................
New Levers in Housing Policy ......................................................
CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................... 6
CHAPTER 5. INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FINANCE .........9
THE EURO-AREA CRISIS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
FOR THE UNITED STATES .............................................................................. Outlook for Europe and Implications for theU.S. Economy ................................................................................. 7
International Cooperation in Resolving Crises ........................... 8
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, INTERNATIONAL TRADE,
AND THE U.S. ECONOMY ............................................................................... 9Investment in the United States by Foreign Companies .............
The National Export Initiative .....................................................
The Role of Services in Export Growth and AmericasCurrent Account Balance .............................................................. 8
Policy Initiatives to Support Export Growth in
Goods and Services ........................................................................ 5CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................... 6
CHAPTER 6. JOBS AND INCOME:
TODAY AND TOMORROW.................................................................6
JOBS AND EMPLOYMENT ............................................................................... 6
THE DYNAMICS OF LABOR MARKET TRENDS ...................................... 67
Job Dynamics ................................................................................. 67Worker Flows ................................................................................. 7
Earnings and Income Mobility over the Career andbetween Generations ..................................................................... 7
Overall Trends in Income and Rising Inequality ........................ 78
Long-Term Unemployment .......................................................... 8
PREPARING FOR TOMORROWS LABOR MARKET ............................... 8Education and the Workers of Tomorrow ................................... 8
Increasing Educational Attainment ............................................. 89
Federally Supported Job Training ................................................ 9
CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................... 95
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CHAPTER 7. PRESERVING AND MODERNIZING
THE SAFETY NET....................................................................................97
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE .................................................................... The Economics of Unemployment Insurance ..............................
Recent Trends in UI Receipt and Its Effect onHousehold Income .........................................................................
Policy Innovations .........................................................................
OTHER SAFETY NET PROGRAMS ................................................................ 6
HEALTH INSURANCE ....................................................................................... 9The Economics of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance ......... 9
Medicaid and CHIP: A Health Care Safety Net
for Children ....................................................................................
Expanding Health Care Coverage: The AffordableCare Act .........................................................................................
Provisions of the Affordable Care Act Now in Place .................. 5
The Economic Benefits of Expanding Insurance Coverage ........ 7
The Affordable Care Act and Medicare ....................................... 9
RETIREMENT SECURITY .................................................................................Declining Retirement Preparedness .............................................
Challenges to the Retirement Safety Net ......................................
Policies to Address Retirement Saving Challenges ...................... 8
CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................... 9
CHAPTER 8. IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH
SMART REGULATION, INNOVATION, CLEAN ENERGY, ANDPUBLIC INVESTMENT ..........................................................................
A SMART APPROACH TO REGULATIONS ................................................ Designing Smart Regulations ........................................................
Smart Regulations in Practice ......................................................
Retrospective Analysis ................................................................... 8
Look-Back Initiative ...................................................................
Improvements in Everyday Life ....................................................
INNOVATION ...................................................................................................... Measuring Innovation ................................................................... 5
Intellectual Property Rights and Patent Reform ......................... 6
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Private and Public Investments in R&D ..................................... 7
Commercialization ........................................................................ 5
Wireless Broadband and Spectrum Policy ................................... 5
CLEAN & SECURE ENERGY ............................................................................ 5Enhancing Energy Security ........................................................... 5
Reducing Demand ......................................................................... 5
Increasing Domestic Energy Supplies ........................................... 5
Reducing Emissions ....................................................................... 5
Supporting Clean Energy R&D and Infrastructure .................... 55
INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................................................................ 59
The State of the Nations Infrastructure ...................................... 59Government and Private Sector Roles in Infrastructure ............ 6
Financing Infrastructure Investments .......................................... 6
Recent and Current Federal Infrastructure Initiatives ............... 6
CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................... 66
REFERENCES ............................................................................................67
APPENDIXES
A. R P A C
E A D ....................................................... 9
B. S T R I, E,
P .............................................................................................7
FIGURES
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TABLES
. A E F ..................................................... 7
. A L Mk F, F ................ 75
. C A P R GDP G,
95 ................................................................................................ 77. D A F Tx R......................................... 88
5. G U.S. G Ex, P .....................................5
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BOXES
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Bx 8 D D E: S G S O ...............56
DATA WATCH
D W : I M ................................................
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D W : T D I T
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D W 8: T V I PACE S ...............
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ECONOMICS APPLICATIONS
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C H A P T E R 1
TO RECOVER, REBALANCE,AND REBUILD
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Economic sttistics re centrl to understnding how the economyis workingwhether consumer spending is growing or shrinking, the
extent to which usinesses re investing in equipment nd softwre,the numer of people currently employed, nd the wges they reerning, mong mny other exmples. This yers Economic Report ofthe Presidenthighlights the role tht ccurte nd timely economic me-surement plys in supporting sound economic decisions y policymk-ers, usinesses, nd fmilies. In series of Dt Wtch oxes, the Reportoffers exmples of recently developed dt series tht shed light oneconomic performnce, significnt gps in ville economic dt, ndopportunities for improvements in the Ntions economic mesures.
The growing integrtion of technology in our dily lives hs cre-ted n undnce of new possiilities for producing etter nd moretimely dt sed on nontrditionl sources of informtion. As CensusBureu Director Roert Groves hs written, (t)he volume of dt gener-ted outside the government sttisticl systems is incresing much fsterthn the volume of dt collected y the sttisticl systems; lmost ll ofthese dt re digitized in electronic files (Groves 0). Nontrditionlsources of informtion include oth digitl dministrtive dt (e.g.,
tx records nd records relted to prticiption in government trnsferprogrms) nd records generted in the privte sector (e.g., dt fromInternet serches, scnner dt nd socil medi dt).
There is long history of using dministrtive records to produceeconomic sttisticsunder strict stndrds of confidentility. TheOm Administrtion hs endevored to crete new dtses thttrck student performnce cross different stges of eduction, s wells the performnce of postsecondry eductionl institutions. Oncethese dtses hve een developed, nlyses of the outcomes chieved
y students with different eductionl experiences will help to guideimprovements in instructionl qulity nd college choice.
Innovtive sttistics sed on electronic records compiled s yproduct of commercil ctivity lso cn e informtive. Adding seriessed on Google Trends to economic forecsting models, for exmple,cn improve those models predictive power. The numer of serchqueries for prticulr mke of utomoiles in the lst two weeks of month, for instnce, turns out to e good predictor of sles of tht
cr, nd the numer of serches for rel estte gencies is one of the estpredictors of current home sles (Choi nd Vrin 009).
Unlike government survey dt, dt sed on electronic recordsgenerted for commercil or dministrtive purposes my not entionlly representtive, nd expnding ccess to these records, even
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for purely sttisticl purposes, cn pose privcy concerns tht must eddressed. But their use lso hs the potentil to improve nd enrichexisting officil sttistics. The Bureu of Economic Anlysis, for exm-ple, plns to use credit crd dt to improve its sttistics on interntionltrvel services. The Census Bureu is exploring the use of dministr-tive dt on receipt of government enefits to improve estimtes ofincome in its household surveys. Other uses of oth commercil nddministrtive dt to improve officil sttistics cn esily e imgined.Government sttisticl gencies cn ply vitl role in this urgeoningfield y providing survey dt to improve the representtiveness ofnonsurvey dt, nd the Federl sttisticl gencies cn improve theirmesures y integrting privte-sector informtion. Progress in this
re will ultimtely led to etter informed decisions y policymkers,usinesses, nd fmilies.
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The gross domestic product (GDP) is summry mesure ofthe Ntions economic ctivity, constructed s the sum of personl
consumption, gross privte investment, net exports, nd governmentexpenditures. The first estimte of GDP ppers within month fterthe end of the qurter to which it pplies nd is sed, in prt, onsource dt tht re preliminry nd incomplete. More complete dtre ville for the second estimte, pulished the following month,nd the third estimte, relesed the month fter tht; ech of theserevisions incorportes new or revised informtion from privte ndpulic sources, including monthly nd qurterly Census Bureu surveys.Annul revisions to the Ntionl Income nd Product Accounts llow
the Bureu of Economic Anlysis (BEA) to ctch up in n orgnizedwy with further revisions to the source dt used to compute GDPnd to incorporte dditionl dt ville only t yerly frequencies.Aout every five yers, enchmrk revision incorportes dt from theEconomic Censuses (Lndefeld, Seskin, nd Frumeni 008).
Between 983 nd 009, revisions in the nnulized growth rteof rel qurterly GDP etween the first nd ltest ville estimteverged . percentge points in solute vlue (Fixler, Greenwy-
McGrevy, nd Grimm 0). A drmtic exmple is provided y therevisions to the GDP growth rte for the fourth qurter of 008, whichws originlly reported s 3.8 percent nd lter revised down to 8.9percent in the nnul revision relesed in July 0. This ws the lrg-est downwrd revision to the qurterly dt ever reported. Tken s whole, the revised dt for 008 nd 009 indicted tht the recentrecession ws considerly more severe thn originlly reported.
While revisions to initil GDP estimtes for the United Sttes cne sustntil, they re smller thn the verge for other lrge devel-oped economies (see, for exmple, Fust, Rogers, nd Wright 005).And despite sometimes sizle revisions, erly estimtes of qurterlyGDP growth generlly do good jo of cpturing increses or decresesin growth rtes, s well s the timing of cyclicl peks nd troughs (Fixlernd Grimm 005). Further, reserch hs found tht there is only limitedpotentil to improve the initil GDP estimtes given the contemporne-ous informtion ville to the BEA (Dynn nd Elmendorf 00;McKenzie, Tosetto, nd Fixler 008).
Still, more ccurte erly estimtes of GDP would e helpful topolicymkers nd usinesses. Improving the qulity nd timeliness ofthe source dt ville to the BEA is the est wy to ccomplish thisojective.
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Figure 1-2
Change in Nonfarm Payrolls, 20072011
Thousands, seasonally adjusted
Jan-12
Note: Shading denotes recession.Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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South Korea (1997:Q3)
Hong Kong (1997:Q3)
Argentina (1998:Q2)
Colombia (1998:Q2)
U.S. (2007:Q4)
Norway (1988:Q1)
Philippines (1998:Q1)
Japan (1993:Q1)Thailand (1996:Q3)
Malaysia (1997:Q4)
Figure 1-3Unemployment Rate Increases in Recessions
Associated with Financial CrisesPercentage point increase from business-cycle peak
Note: Financial crises are from recessions identified by Reinhart and Rogoff (2009) as associated with major, systemic financialcrises. Each data point represents the increase from the business-cycle peak to the subsequent peak in the unemployment rate.
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D W -: T D I T S-B E
In 947, services represented less thn 40 percent of U.S. gross
domestic product (GDP). Tody, service industries ccount for lmost70 percent of totl U.S. domestic output. For mny yers, however, themesurement of service ctivity lgged the sectors growing importnce.
A fundmentl chllenge in mesuring the vlue of services isthe disprte rnge of ctivities encompssed within the service sector.The Bureu of Economic Anlysis (BEA) defines services s productstht cnnot e stored nd re consumed t the plce nd time of theirpurchse. This includes, for instnce, medicl consulttions, dmissionto movie theters, Internet suscriptions, hircuts, nd prtment rents,
ut lso some less pprent things such s mels t resturnts, checkclering y nks, nd the rentl vlue of homeownership. (Althoughthe purchse of newly constructed home is ctegorized under residen-til investment, the BEA estimtes the mount homeowners would hvehd to py to rent similr houses nd clssifies this imputed rent underhousing services.)
A mjor rekthrough in the mesurement of service output cmewith the introduction of the North Americn Industry Clssifiction
System (NAICS) eginning in 997 to replce the Stndrd IndustrilClssifiction (SIC) system. Originlly developed during the 930s ndreflecting the economy of its time, the SIC provided fr more detil forgoods-producing industries such s mnufcturing nd mining thn forservice-producing industries. The 997 NAICS dded more thn 49new services industries. Just s importnt, process ws put in plceto dd new industries to NAICS s they develop. A prllel effort cr-ried out over the pst decde, the development of the North AmericnProduct Clssifiction System, similrly will provide consistent sis
for ctegorizing the rich rry of outputs produced in the growingservice sector.
The qulity of the source dt on the volume of service trnsctionslso hs improved over time. Since the 980s, the BEA hs collecteddt on interntionl trde in services. In 004, the Census Bureuintroduced the Qurterly Services Survey (QSS) to provide more timelydt on domestic consumption of services. The QSS, normlly pulishedout months fter the end of ech qurter, llows the BEA to incor-
porte ctul survey dt on mny services into its qurterly estimtesof GDP, rther thn relying on judgmentl trends. Furthermore, theCensus Bureu hs expnded the scope of its nnul surveys of theservice sector. In fct, the Services Annul Survey nd the QurterlyServices Survey oth now cpture 55 percent of U.S. GDPequling the
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coverge of services in the Economic Census nd mrking sustntilimprovement reltive to even just few yers go.
Mesurement of rel ctivity in the service sector requires ppro-prite price defltors for service outputs. In 990, the Producer PriceIndex (PPI) covered less thn 5 percent of U.S. service output. Tody,thnks to concerted effort y the Bureu of Lor Sttistics, PPI defl-tors re ville for more thn three-qurters of domesticlly providedservices. This hs trnslted directly into more ccurte estimtes of relGDP.
Nevertheless, s the U.S. economy continues to evolve, the work ofccurtely mesuring service ctivity grows ccordingly. Despite recentinnovtions in the collection of primry source dt, there re still
conceptul issues pertining to the pprisl nd definition of servicestht remin unresolved. As n exmple, improvements in helth crehve contriuted to longer life spns nd etter qulity of life, ut thereis not consensus out how to vlue nd incorporte these enefitsin ntionl income ccounting frmework. Similrly, industries suchs finnce lrgely produce intngile outputs tht re difficult evento identify, much less quntify. Furthermore, lthough estimtes ofinterntionl trde in services re now more detiled thn ws the cseefore the 980s, the sttistics still could nd should e improved. Dton the prices of trded services re extremely limited, nd even the mostdisggregted dt collected y the BEA on services extend to only 36ctegories, in contrst to thousnds of ctegories for mnufcturedgoods. Continued reserch nd investment in the development of dton services re needed to ensure timely nd ccurte mesurement ofthe U.S. economy.
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Investment cn e defined s devoting resources to produce durle sset tht will yield future flow of services. Until recently,
mesures of investment in the Ntionl Income nd Product Accounts(NIPAs) were restricted to investments in physicl cpitl such suildings, mchinery, nd equipment; new residentil construction; ndnet dditions to inventories. In todys knowledge economy, however,intngile ssets such s computer softwre nd scientific innovtionsmke incresingly importnt contriutions to economic growth.
The Bureu of Economic Anlysis (BEA) hs egun to incorporteinvestments in intngile cpitl into the NIPAs. The first step in thisdirection, tken in 999, ws to tret spending on computer softwre
s n investment outly, which enters GDP directly, rther thn s usiness expense, which is considered n intermedite input rtherthn prt of finl demnd; the tretment of government spending oncomputer softwre ws chnged t the sme time. Becuse usiness ndgovernment spending on computer softwre hd een growing rpidlycompred to other types of spending, these chnges rised the mesuredgrowth rte of GDP slightly. In 03, BEA plns to egin treting spend-ing on scientific reserch nd development s n investment rther thn
n expense; hd this tretment een in effect historiclly, it too wouldhve rised the verge mesured rte of growth of GDP in recentdecdes.
Some reserchers hve rgued tht investment in intngilesshould e defined even more rodly (Corrdo, Hulten, nd Sichel009; Corrdo nd Hulten 00). In ddition to reserch nd develop-ment tht uilds on scientific se of knowledge, for exmple, thereis n rgument for treting s investment the money firms spend onother sorts of new product development, such s the development ofnew motion pictures or new finncil services products. Businesses lsospend money on strtegic plnning, the implementtion of new usinessprocesses, nd employee trining, ll of which my dd significntly tofuture productivity nd thus rguly should e treted s investments well. Tking n even roder perspective, time nd money devoted toforml eduction dd to the humn cpitl of the Americn workforcend thus to its future productivity. While ccounting ccurtely for thevlue of these investments poses some difficult mesurement chllenges
(Arhm 00), their importnce to future economic growth shouldnot e overlooked. According to some reserch (Krueger 999), returnson humn cpitl generte the lions shre of ntionl income.
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Figure 2-11Price Markup over Unit Labor Costs, Nonfarm Business, 19472011
Note: Shading denotes recession.Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts; Bureau ofLabor Statistics, Productivity and Costs; CEA calculations.
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Figure 2-13Private Sector Job Recovery by Firm Size, 20072011
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The Smll Business Administrtion (SBA) ws creted y Congressin 953 to id nd provide technicl support for smll usinesses.1 Mny
SBA progrms seek to minimize the riskiness of smll-usiness lonsfor lenders y gurnteeing portion of these lons ginst defult. SBAcollortes with federl gencies nd the White House to ensure thtt lest 3 percent of Federl Government contrct opportunities, worthnerly $00 illion, re ville to smll usinesses.
Trditionl SBA progrms, the 7() nd 504 lons, trget smllfirms. These progrms hve een found to hve positive impct onlocl economic performnce (Crig, Jckson, nd Thomson 005). Inresponse to ongoing tight credit conditions fcing smll firms during the
recovery, the Smll Business Jos Act of 00 incresed the lon limitsfor SBA lon gurntees. The limits for equipment nd rel estte lonswere incresed permnently nd the limits for working cpitl lonsthrough the SBA Express progrm were incresed temporrily. BetweenFY00 nd FY0, the numer of SBA lons pproved incresed .5percent, while the vlue of SBA lons pproved incresed 45.4 percent(see ox figure). SBA incresed overll lending supported to $30.5 il-lion in FY 0, the highest ever lending yer in its 60-yer history.2
Recent economic reserch shows tht new nd young firms con-triute disproportiontely to jo growth in the U.S. (see Chpter 6). TheOm Administrtion hs creted the Strtup Americ inititive tosupport the role tht strtups ply in economic growth nd jo cretion.The inititive ims to ccelerte high-growth entrepreneurship throughpolicies tht unlock ccess to cpitl for high-growth compnies, cretementoring progrms, ccelerte l-to-mrket innovtion, nd mkegovernment work etter for entrepreneurs.
As prt of the Strtup Americ inititive, SBA is improving ccessto cpitl for high-growth smll usinesses. The SBA hs lunched twonew Smll Business Investment Compny (SBIC) progrms, ech seek-ing to gurntee n dditionl $ illion in privte investment withinfive yers: the Erly-Stge Innovtion Fund for seed- nd erly-stgecompnies nd the Impct Investment Fund for compnies in resof ntionl priority, including underserved mrkets nd emerging
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sectors, such s energy nd eduction. SBA licensed the first SBICImpct Investment Fund in Michign in July 0. The InvestMichign!Mezznine Fund, with resources of $30 million, is pulic-privteprtnership etween SBA, Dow Chemicl Compny, nd MichignGrowth Cpitl Prtners tht will e mnged privtely nd will focuson funding new nd smll firms with plns to expnd their opertionsnd crete jos. SBA lso deepened its commitment to underservedmrkets in 0 with the implementtion of the Underserved MrketsInititive, which will disseminte SBA resources to youth, rurl, vetern,low-income, nd other communities.
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SBA ugmented its role s coordintor of federl gencies insupporting smll usinesses in 0. As is common fter finncil crises,smll firms re experiencing difficulties mnging csh flow due todverse credit conditions. To improve ccess to working cpitl forthousnds of smll firms, in Septemer, President Om issued n
executive order to institute the QuickPy progrm, which requires ngency to py its contrctors within 5 dys nd, t mximum, within30 dys. As with the QuickPy progrm, SBA plys coordinting rolefor the Smll Business Innovtion Reserch (SBIR) progrm, whichfocuses on smll high-technology firms nd includes grnting gen-cies. Evidence suggests tht SBA nd SBIR involvement mke differ-ence to young firms. Between 983 nd 997 wrdees of the SBIR pro-grm susequently hd sustntilly higher employment nd sles
growth compred to mtched smple of similr firms (Lerner 999). InDecemer, Congress pssed long-term reuthoriztion of the SBIRprogrm tht will increse its funding.
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casters conducted on February 6-7, 2012. e high-10 and low-10 orecasts are the average o the ten highest andten lowest orecasts.
d e high and low end o the central tendency o the Federal Open Market Committee announced on January25, 2012.
e Based on data available on February 5, 2012.Source: Aspen Publishers, Blue Chip Economic Indicators; Federal Reserve, Federal Open Market Committee.
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