The Economic Policy Institute was the latest to join the fray with an “accountability dashboard” that compiles private-sector indicators as a check against any efforts to manipulate government statistics. Those concerns have multiplied since Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in August after a weak jobs report.
“We’re collecting all data we can to assess the economy’s health in this time when the gold standard data are under attack,” said Elise Gould, senior economist at EPI.
Bloomberg Economics Daily Newsletter
December 1, 2025
Data from Data USA and the Economic Policy Institute’s Family Budget Calculator indicate that the average retiree should budget $27,787 to cover personal living costs for a year.
House Digest
December 1, 2025
CALARCO: I think we have to be very mindful of how Trump’s deportation policies are threatening to undermine the progress that has already been made on child care. There was a report that came out in July of 2025 from the Economic Policy Institute that found that if Trump is able to carry out his full immigration agenda, those deportations will end up eliminating half a million child care jobs in the U.S. Immigrant women currently play an outsized role in the child care workforce – that trickle-down of the way that we…
NPR It's Been A Minute Podcast
December 1, 2025
At least 26 states have created their own versions of DOGE, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
The Daily Voice
December 1, 2025
These changes come as Francis Howell and other districts across the nation face a school bus driver shortage, as reported by the Economic Policy Institute. Legislation was introduced last year in the U.S. House of Representatives to address the issue.
Mid Rivers Magazine
December 1, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute, this 2001 bubble burst was marred by a slower recovery, leading to a “tougher economy for highly educated …[paywall].
Forbes
December 1, 2025
The European Central Bank, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the European Commission, and the International Monetary Fund all published studies on profits driving inflation, while the Groundwork Collaborative and the Economic Policy Institute found that over 53 percent of price increases from 2020 to 2022 were driven by profit gains.
Jacobin
December 1, 2025
According to the National Education Association, the average teacher salary in Mississippi is $53,704. That’s $15,000 less than what the Economic Policy Institute says is needed to comfortably support a single parent, one child household in the Jackson metro area, which is $68,772. In DeSoto County, where Reid lives, that cost is even higher — $76,612 a year.
Mississippi Today
December 1, 2025
Investopedia
December 1, 2025
Research from the Economic Policy Institute shows that communities with stronger union density enjoy higher median household incomes, lower poverty rates …[paywall].
Sacramento Business Journal
December 1, 2025