Monique Morrissey is a staff economist at the Economic Policy Institute, where she focuses on retirement security, executive compensation, the Federal Reserve, and financial markets.
Common Dreams
November 24, 2021
Since China joined the WTO, the number of jobs in the U.S. manufacturing industry has been decreasing. The Economic Policy Institute estimates that the trade deficit with China cost about 2.7 million jobs between 2001 and 2011, including manufacturing and other industries.
The BL
November 24, 2021
A study of the workforce released by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) delineates 1979 as the point where significant changes started to accelerate a large chasm between workers and wages. Whereas the mid-20th century reflected a time of advances for working class Americans, “The decades since 1979 have been characterized by erosion of the minimum wage and overtime-pay standards, a decline in unionization and cultural and political acceptance of excessive executive pay.”
The Malibu Times
November 24, 2021
The Economic Policy Institute published a report last year that found Black children nationally are five times as likely as white children to attend schools that are highly segregated by race and ethnicity.
NC Policy Watch
November 24, 2021
On average, the annual cost of infant care in Ohio is $808 per month, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C-based nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank.
Columbus Dispatch
November 24, 2021
According to a December 2019 report conducted by the Economic Policy Institute, US employers are charged with violating labor law in 41.5% of all union elections and spend nearly $340m annually on union avoidance consultants, tactics that labor leaders and many elected officials are hoping to rein in with the Pro Act in Congress.
The Guardian
November 24, 2021
In Michigan, where household incomes and child care costs are close to average for the U.S., a couple raising an infant and toddler today can expect to spend about $20,000 a year to place both kids in accredited child care, according to calculations from the Economic Policy Institute.
The Huffington Post
November 24, 2021
The federal government does not keep great data on the pay of federal contractors, so it’s hard to know exactly how many workers will see a wage increase. Earlier this year, the Economic Policy Institute estimated that a hike to $15 would create direct raises for up to 390,000 workers, a potentially larger number than the Labor Department estimated. EPI said the average pay increase would be around $3,100 annually.
The Huffington Post
November 24, 2021
“In the meantime, the Covid-19 inflation shock is being muffled, not amplified, by the labor market as average wage growth lags inflation. This has been tough on working families but means harsh medicine meant to stop wage-price spirals is not needed. The Federal Reserve’s decision to slowly reduce monthly asset purchases was prudent, providing a strong signal that inflation stability remains a crucial part of its mandate. But that’s enough for now.” — Josh Bivens, director of research at the Economic Policy Institute
Politico
November 24, 2021
As of April, only 1 in 6 Hispanic workers were able to work from home during the pandemic, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
NBC News
November 24, 2021