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

The Kicker with Ashlee Banks (Substack) — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:13:48 +0000

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 Big 5 of Inequality

American Inequality Substack — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:13:47 +0000

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Wage suppression in 10 charts – Economic Policy Institute

DC’s mayor-elect inherits an economy with 45,600 fewer jobs

El Tiempo Latino — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:13:46 +0000

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 .

EEO-1’s end may not alter much. The data’s value ‘was never limited to compliance.’

HR Dive — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:13:45 +0000

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.

The US ranks last in teacher pay worldwide

K-12 Dive — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:13:44 +0000

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.

Will the Midterms Lower Gas Prices? An Economist Explains What Congress Can (and Can’t) Fix

Courier Newsroom — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:13:43 +0000

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.

Cost Of Living Calculator

Forbes — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:13:42 +0000

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.

Quits ticked up, but economists say it’s still a terrible time to leave your job

Bloomberg Law — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:13:41 +0000

To hold the Trump administration accountable, Democrats need a coordinated, concerted oversight effort, said Celine McNicholas, director of policy and government affairs and general counsel at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.

A crucial issue is how much coordination historically independent agencies have with the White House, especially after the Supreme Court boosted Trump’s control over the administrative state by increasing his firing power, said McNicholas, a former NLRB official during the Obama administration.

Quits ticked up, but economists say it’s still a terrible time to leave your job

Marketplace — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:13:40 +0000

Heidi Shierholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute, said it’s quite the opposite, actually.

“If you have a job, the right thing to do is to hang onto it if you can,” she said. “All the data point to, it’s really, really hard to find a job right now.”

The hiring rate is about where it was in 2012 and 2013. Back then, Shierholz said, the economy was just coming out of the Great Recession and the labor market was very weak.

“That’s the kind of world that people who are looking for a job are facing right now. … It’s rough,” she said.

It’s been rough for about two years now. Shierholz said she expects Friday’s jobs report will show that’s still the case.

The economic crisis in Black America

Stacker — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:13:39 +0000

Black women have fared the worst in the job market, suffering the greatest losses in employment compared with other demographics. According to a 2026 analysis by the Economic Policy Institute, the job losses for Black women were driven almost entirely by layoffs in the public sector: “Large employment losses and labor force departures among college graduates were a direct consequence of the Trump administration implementing massive federal layoffs and buyouts over the last year, a sector where nearly half of Black workers have a bachelor’s degree or higher.”