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During his presidential campaign, President Trump pledged to impose universal tariffs of 10–60% on all U.S. imports—a whopping $4.2 trillion in goods and services purchased from abroad in 2024. 

Now the Trump administration seems to be making good on the threat to enact extremely high and broad-based tariffs. Read more

Up-to-date and comprehensive historical data on the American Labor Force at your fingertips!

The State of Working America Data Library provides researchers, media, and the public with easily accessible, up-to-date, and comprehensive historical data on the American labor force.

Compiled from Economic Policy Institute analysis of government data sources, use it to research wages, inequality, and other economic indicators over time and among demographic groups. Explore the data →

Striking workers in most states can’t receive unemployment insurance (UI). The cost of UI for strikers would represent between 0.04% to 0.96% of a given state’s total UI expenditures.

Providing UI to striking workers supports them and their communities by stabilizing the economy where a strike is taking place. And providing UI protections to striking workers may actually lead to fewer strikes. Read more

EPI’s Family Budget Calculator measures the income a family needs to attain a modest yet adequate standard of living in all counties and metro areas in the United States. Compared with the federal poverty line and the Supplemental Poverty Measure, EPI’s family budgets provide a more accurate and complete measure of economic security in America. Calculate the costs in your community

 

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