“‘We are just furloughing people until we can reopen.’ That was what a lot of those early [layoffs] looked like,” said Heidi Shierholz, senior economist and policy director at the Economic Policy Institute, who noted that many of these temporary job losses have now become permanent.
VOX
July 28, 2020
Con respecto a lo que ocurre con la crucial ayuda al desempleo, el Economic Policy Institute ha estimado que si se rebajara la ayuda extra de desempleo a $200 se reduciría la demanda de tal manera que se rebajaría el crecimiento de la economía y se se crearían 3.4 millones de empleos en el próximo año.
El Diario
July 28, 2020
In April, more than half of the adult African American population was unemployed, according to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). While the overall unemployment rate dropped to 11.1 percent in June, it continued to climb for Black men reaching 16.3 percent, according to EPI.
Truthout
July 28, 2020
Economic Policy Institute Research Director Josh Bivens joins Yahoo Finance’s Akiko Fujita to discuss why cutting UI benefits by $400 per week will significantly harm U.S. families, jobs, and growth.
Yahoo Finance
July 28, 2020
Dr. Emma Garcia has questions about whether private schools can fulfill the promises they’re making to parents during the pandemic. An economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, Garcia doubts that benefits such as more space for social distancing and low student-teacher ratios in private schools can be maintained with a surge in enrollments. Private schools tell DCist they are operating under-capacity when it comes to physical space and are having no difficulties hiring additional staff.
DCist
July 28, 2020
Features interview with Heidi Shierholz.
NPR Planet Money
July 28, 2020
A separate analysis from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute projected that reducing federal unemployment benefits by $400 would cost the US 3.4 million jobs and shrink the economy by 2.5% over the next year.
Salon
July 28, 2020
The Economic Policy Institute estimates that a cut in the $600 a week extra unemployment insurance to $200 a week will reduce aggregate demand and cut the number of jobs that were projected to be created. It expects a loss of about 2.5% growth and 3.4 mln fewer jobs. After this week’s FOMC meeting and the first look at Q2 GDP, the US July employment report is due at the end of next week.
Nasdaq
July 28, 2020
A 2019 report by the Economic Policy Institute found California teachers pay an average of $664 to stock their classrooms. They pay the most out of pocket out of all teachers nationwide.
KSBY-TV
July 28, 2020