A report by the Economic Policy Institute published in August contradicted his claims, however. It found that far from reenergizing the so-called Rust Belt — former industrial areas of the northeastern US that had seen a sharp economic decline since the 1990s — more manufacturing jobs left the US than were created during Trump’s first two years in office.
Indian Express
October 30, 2020
Valerie Wilson, an economist at the labor-backed Economic Policy Institute, said that policy response to COVID-19 must acknowledge its effects on many racial groups. She added that no policy is ever race-neutral.
Wilson said that there is going to be a differential impact because society is structured. She added that the Black unemployment rate had been twice the size of the white rate.
Latin Post
October 30, 2020
Typically, there are enough applications submitted at the two highest wage levels to meet the cap, said Ron Hira, a research associate at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) in Washington, D.C., and an associate professor of political science at Howard University. Hira co-authored a May 2020 report at EPI that found 60 percent of H-1B positions certified in fiscal year 2019 were assigned the two lowest prevailing wage levels, which were “significantly lower” than the local median salaries surveyed for occupations.
Society for Human Resource Management
October 30, 2020
Economists say other relief policies have proved more effective at boosting the economy. For instance, an extra $600 in weekly unemployment pay helped bolster households that had suffered job or income losses — until it expired in July. In May alone, the program boosted personal income by $842 billion, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
CBS News
October 30, 2020
But it’s not all about what industries Latinas work in. Latinas are also paid just 67 cents “relative,” the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) notes, “to non-Hispanic white men with the same level of education, age, and geographic location.” This is not just a pay disparity coming from differences in education or age, in other words, so don’t try to make that argument. In fact, “Latina doctors, many of whom are currently treating coronavirus patients, are paid 68% of the average hourly wage of non-Hispanic white male doctors (a difference of $20.46 per hour).”
Daily Kos
October 30, 2020
At the Economic Policy Institute, Josh Bivens points out that not only did the third quarter leave us far from a real recovery but also hints that the fourth quarter we are now a third of the way through will likely generate very slow growth … at best.
Daily Kos
October 30, 2020
Valerie Wilson, an economist at the labor-backed Economic Policy Institute, said the policy response to Covid-19 must take into account the impact it will have on different racial groups.
“No policy is ever race-neutral, even if race is nowhere in that policy. There is going to be a differential impact just because of how our society is structured,” she said.
NBC News
October 30, 2020
The recommended retirement savings amount for someone in their 60s is approximately $522,000, based on the 2019 median income of 55-64-year-olds, and many financial experts recommend aiming even higher.1112 But the average American retirement savings for people in their late 50s and early 60s is only $243,559, according to a 2019 analysis by the Economic Policy Institute.13
The Balance
October 30, 2020
Heidi Shierholz, the Economic Policy Institute’s senior economist and director of policy, told Business Insider’s Madison Hoff that if congress extends unemployment insurance, more than 5 million jobs could be added.
Markets Insider
October 30, 2020