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The nation’s top business organizations urged Congress to reach common agreement on a tax reform plan and move quickly on legislation in a letter sent today to Congressional leadership. The business groups said that no other reforms under consideration in Congress are as important as pro-growth comprehensive tax reform.
The RSM US Middle Market Business Index (MMBI) (insert hyperlink), presented by RSM US LLP (“RSM”) in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, reached a record high for the second consecutive quarter, indicating middle market business leaders remain extremely confident about the current and future state of the U.S. economy. In Q2 2017, the MMBI posted a record-high composite score of 132.1, up 2.3 points since Q1 and more than 12 points since Q4 2016. A reading above 100 indicates an expanding middle market.
Commercial construction is in high demand across the country and contractors are confident in the trajectory of the industry, according to the USG + U.S. Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index (‘Index’), launched today. Nearly all contractors surveyed – 96 percent – expect revenues to grow or remain stable this year compared to 2016, with 40 percent expecting an increase and only 3 percent expecting a decrease in revenue.
The debate over border tax adjustments as part of comprehensive tax reform has been complicated by questions over exchange rate adjustments.
The practical effect of the debt limit has been to manufacture a series of distracting and economically dangerous political crises.
This letter was sent to Chairman Brady and the members of the Committee on Ways and Means expressing the Chamber’s commitment to comprehensive tax reform.
On May 16, the Chamber submitted these written comments to the Department of Treasury in response to Executive Order 13789 issued on April 21, 2017.
I have been impressed to learn just how broad support for NAFTA is among American companies of every size, sector, and region.
What causes trade deficits? Whether bilateral, aggregate, short-term or long, understanding their causes is essential – whether they are harmful or not, whether they are the product of bad domestic policies or unfair foreign trade practices, or whether they are just a feature of a global economy much like temperature is a feature of the climate.