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• Trump Vows to Become ‘Mr. Veto’ if Democrats Take the House and the Senate

  Elise Gould, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, told The Kicker that workers are increasingly staying in place as wage growth decelerates:

  “People just feel like they should hold tight to what they have. They’re not changing jobs, and so that means decelerating nominal wage growth,” stated Gould.

  The Kicker with Ashlee Banks (Substack) | November 5, 2026
• The Big 5 of Inequality

  Interesting on the web:

  • Wage suppression in 10 charts – Economic Policy Institute
  American Inequality Substack | November 5, 2026
• DC’s mayor-elect inherits an economy with 45,600 fewer jobs

  A study by the Economic Policy Institute calculated that, as of March, the region had about 115,000 fewer jobs than before Trump took office, and that African American workers were the most affected .

  El Tiempo Latino | November 5, 2026
• EEO-1’s end may not alter much. The data’s value ‘was never limited to compliance.’

  The rescission also “would deprive employers, researchers, policymakers and advocates of their ability to independently analyze and use this unique data source to develop and advocate for policies that support the EEOC’s mission of ending workplace discrimination,” according to the Economic Policy Institute. 

  HR Dive | November 5, 2026
• The US ranks last in teacher pay worldwide

  Public school teacher pay in the U.S. lags significantly when compared to other industrialized countries, according to a late October analysis by the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution.

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  That pay gap is wider than what the Economic Policy Institute has found in its ongoing teacher pay penalty studies. According to a late August EPI report, U.S. teachers in 2025 earned about 25% less than college graduates in other professions.

  K-12 Dive | November 5, 2026
• Will the Midterms Lower Gas Prices? An Economist Explains What Congress Can (and Can’t) Fix

  Prices are on the ballot this year. Gas, groceries, insurance, and rent are the issues voters say they feel most, and candidates in both parties have spent the final weeks of the campaign promising relief.

  But how much can the next Congress actually do about what you pay? We asked Josh Bivens, chief economist at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., to walk through the costs families are watching most closely.

  His short answer: Congress has limited power to make prices fall, but right now, some of the biggest pressures are policy choices that lawmakers could reverse.

  Courier Newsroom | November 5, 2026
• Cost Of Living Calculator

  There is no federally reported cost of living index, but organizations such as The Council for Community and Economic Research and the Economic Policy Institute provide tools to compare cities.

  Forbes | November 5, 2026

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