The Economic Policy Institute

Economic snapshot

• Aug. 27, 2008 | Compared to 1990s, middle-class working families lose ground in the 2000s

• July 2, 2008 | Official poverty measure undercounts the nation’s poor

• Feb. 20, 2008 | Real wage reversal persists

• Jan. 23, 2008 | Missing the target: The Bush tax rebate fails on effectiveness and fairness criteria

• Nov. 28, 2007 | When steady wage growth meets faster inflation

• Sept. 12, 2007 | SCHIP is not eroding private health coverage

• Aug. 22, 2007 | Tax cuts, investment, and employment: The evidence contradicts supply-siders

• June 6, 2007 | A Tale of Two Time Periods for Low-Income Families

• April 11, 2007 | More poverty than meets the eye

• March 9, 2007 | Jobs Picture, March 9, 2007

• March 7, 2007 | Inflation and unit labor costs: A phantom menace?

• Jan. 17, 2007 | New data reveal unprecedented income inequality

• Dec. 12, 2006 | Jobs recovery at five reveals uniquely weak expansion

• Nov. 29, 2006 | The Fed needs to move to stay put

• Nov. 8, 2006 | A tough recovery by any measure

• Oct. 31, 2006 | Employment cost data show small real gains over recovery

• Sept. 19, 2006 | Manufacturing on the Ropes

• Sept. 13, 2006 | Better GDP growth needed to add more jobs

• Aug. 29, 2006 | The wide impact of the housing slump on the economy

• Aug. 8, 2006 | Work, poverty, and single-mother families

• July 5, 2006 | Weaker job market re-opens racial income gap

• May 11, 2006 | Critiquing misleading White House statements about the economy, pt. 4: The unemployment rate

• May 3, 2006 | Critiquing Misleading White House Statements About the Economy, Part 1: Income Growth and Median Earnings

• March 14, 2006 | Minority wealth gap: Net worth gap twice that of income

• Jan. 24, 2006 | Economy Up, Wages Down

• Jan. 11, 2006 | Wage growth slows for most workers between 2000 and 2005

• Dec. 12, 2005 | The Fed’s Rate Hikes: Hunting Inflation, Killing Wages

• Nov. 17, 2005 | Katrina evacuees face extreme levels of joblessness

• Aug. 17, 2005 | Inflation trumps wage gains again in July

• July 27, 2005 | Single mothers continue to face tough job market

• April 20, 2005 | Price growth outpaces wages for the 11th consecutive month

• April 20, 2005 | Productivity growth and profits far outpace compensation in current expansion

• April 5, 2005 | African Americans in the current recovery

• Jan. 19, 2005 | 2004: Jobless recovery begets wageless recovery

• Jan. 5, 2005 | Slowdown in male earnings leads to smaller gender wage gap

• Dec. 17, 2004 | No Wage Progress Despite Three Years of Recovery

• Oct. 29, 2004 | Wage growth continues to slow; falls behind inflation

• Oct. 6, 2004 | ‘Safety net’ fails single mothers during downturns

• Sept. 8, 2004 | Productivity growth hasn’t resulted in increased family income in recent years

• Aug. 4, 2004 | Wages and salaries at unprecedented low growth rate

• July 16, 2004 | Inflation-adjusted wages fall again in June: Down six of the last seven months

• July 7, 2004 | The rise in family work hours leads many Americans to struggle to balance work and family

• June 28, 2004 | Jobs up, wages down: Employment is growing again, but real wages fall to a two-year low

• May 19, 2004 | Single moms lose ground in weak labor market

• Feb. 4, 2004 | Economic growth not reaching middle- and lower wage earners

• Jan. 7, 2004 | Growing economy, stagnant wages

• Dec. 24, 2003 | Job growth up, job quality down

• Nov. 26, 2003 | Unemployment level of college grads surpasses that of high-school dropouts

• Oct. 29, 2003 | The gap between minimum and median wage earners continues to grow

• Sept. 3, 2003 | Weak demand constrains job growth

• Aug. 13, 2003 | Worst recovery on record in terms of job growth

• June 4, 2003 | The long goodbye—workers staying unemployed longer

• May 12, 2003 | The job market for young college graduates

• May 7, 2003 | Jobless recovery catches up to wages

• April 30, 2003 | Underemployment hits 10% as gap with unemployment expands

• April 21, 2003 | There’s no hiding from the new economy…part 2

• March 7, 2003 | Even optimistic view sees high unemployment next year

• March 7, 2003 | Our pro-cyclical safety net fails to catch vulnerable families in recession

• Jan. 22, 2003 | There’s no hiding from the new economy…

• Oct. 30, 2002 | Job loss over the recession has been more severe than was previously thought

• Sept. 5, 2002 | Employment insecurity

• May 15, 2002 | Minimum wage losing ground

• April 3, 2002 | Education offers less protection from recessions

• Feb. 27, 2002 | Unemployment drop masks labor market woes

• Nov. 14, 2001 | What happens to family income in a recession?

• Oct. 17, 2001 | Will welfare reform weather the storm?

• Aug. 30, 2001 | Recent productivity growth no cause for relief

• July 5, 2001 | Decline in labor force may mask higher unemployment rate

• June 14, 2001 | Slow growth leads to higher unemployment

• May 2, 2001 | Real earnings losing ground despite productivity growth

• Jan. 16, 2001 | Staying poor in America

• Dec. 13, 2000 | Computers and race—The haves and the have nots

• Dec. 13, 2000 | Corporate profits growing far faster than worker compensation

• Nov. 29, 2000 | One-third of women workers earn poverty wages

• Nov. 8, 2000 | Households deeper in debt

• Oct. 25, 2000 | Declining employer contributions to benefits

• Oct. 18, 2000 | Wage, benefit, and compensation growth

• Oct. 11, 2000 | Uncharacteristic growth in late 1990s