JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE (Created pursuant to Sec. 5(a) of Public Law 304, 79th Cong.)

CONNIE MACK, Florida, Chairman JIM SAXTON, New Jersey, Vice Chairman

SENATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WILLIAM V. ROTH, Jr. (Delaware) MARK SANFORD (South Carolina) ROBERT F. BENNETT (Utah) JOHN DOOLITTLE (California) ROD GRAMS (Minnesota) TOM CAMPBELL (California) (Kansas) JOSEPH R. PITTS (Pennsylvania) JEFF SESSIONS (Alabama) PAUL RYAN (Wisconsin) CHARLES S. ROBB (Virginia) PETE STARK (California) PAUL S. SARBANES (Maryland) CAROLYN B. MALONEY (New York) EDWARD M. KENNEDY () DAVID MINGE (Minnesota) JEFF BINGAMAN () MELVIN L. WATT (North Carolina)

SHELLEY S. HYMES, Executive Director

COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

MARTIN N. BAILY, Chair ROBERT Z. LAWRENCE, Member

[PUBLIC LAW 120—81ST CONGRESS; CHAPTER 237—1ST SESSION] JOINT RESOLUTION [S.J. Res. 55] To print the monthly publication entitled ‘‘Economic Indicators’’ Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the of America in Congress assembled, That the Joint Economic Committee be authorized to issue a monthly publication entitled ‘‘Economic Indicators,’’ and that a sufficient quantity be printed to furnish one copy to each Member of Congress; the Secretary and the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate; the Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives; two copies to the libraries of the Senate and House, and the Congressional Library; seven hundred copies to the Joint Economic Committee; and the required numbers of copies to the Superintendent of Documents for distribution to depository libraries; and that the Superintendent of Documents be authorized to have copies printed for sale to the public. Approved June 23, 1949.

Charts prepared by the Art Production Section, Design and Graphics Branch, Office of the Secretary, Department of Commerce.

Economic Indicators, published monthly, is available at $3.00 a single copy ($3.75 foreign), or by subscription at $33.00 per year ($41.25 for foreign mailing) from: SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402

For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–9328 ISBN 0±16±059678±5

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