On the brighter side, the employment to population ratio for Black women didn’t change, though labor market participation ticked up during the month. That could be a sign that more Black women are returning to the labor force and are looking for jobs but haven’t yet found employment, noted Valerie Wilson, director of the program on race, ethnicity and the economy at the Economic Policy Institute.
CNBC
November 10, 2022
It would benefit about 150,000 workers, according to the National Employment Law Project and the Economic Policy Institute, which are both left-leaning groups. Some 75% of the workers are over the age of 20.
CNN
November 10, 2022
The number of jobs created, 261,000 in October, is historically strong and economists had expected a number closer to 200,000, according to the New York Times. But as Economic Policy Institute president Heidi Shierholz noted on Twitter, that is far off the average pace of 539,000 per month from the first quarter of 2022.
Globe St.
November 10, 2022
The Economic Policy Institute found the value of the federal minimum wage — which is currently $7.25 an hour — has decreased by 30%, meaning the minimum wage is worth less now than it has been at any point since February 1956.
November 7, 2022
On the brighter side, the employment to population ratio for Black women didn’t change, though labor market participation ticked up during the month. That could be a sign that more Black women are returning to the labor force and are looking for jobs but haven’t yet found employment, noted Valerie Wilson, director of the program on race, ethnicity and the economy at the Economic Policy Institute.
CNBC
November 7, 2022
It would benefit about 150,000 workers, according to the National Employment Law Project and the Economic Policy Institute, which are both left-leaning groups. Some 75% of the workers are over the age of 20.
CNN
November 7, 2022
The number of jobs created, 261,000 in October, is historically strong and economists had expected a number closer to 200,000, according to the New York Times. But as Economic Policy Institute president Heidi Shierholz noted on Twitter, that is far off the average pace of 539,000 per month from the first quarter of 2022.
Globe St.
November 7, 2022
Heidi Shierholz, Economic Policy Institute Senior Economist and Director of Policy, joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the October jobs report, the state of the economy, how inflation is affecting year-over-year wage growth, and the outlook for a recession.
Yahoo Finance
November 4, 2022
Features Josh discussing the Federal Reserve rate hikes.
Al Jazeera
November 4, 2022