“If the shutdown continues, it’s possible that, for the first time in at least six decades, there will be a full month gap in data about jobs and unemployment in the U.S. economy,” Elise Gould, senior economist at the progressive Economic Policy Institute think tank, and Joe Fast, a research assistant, wrote in a commentary.
Investopedia
November 3, 2025
Though H-2A employers must adhere to certain federal and state standards — a set hourly wage, sufficient housing, provision of meals and/or cooking, absence of recruitment fees, non-discrimination, payment guarantees — an Economic Policy Institute report in 2022 found that less than 1% had been inspected by the government. And when the Department of Labor did investigate, according to the EPI, it noted wage and hour violations from 70% of employers.
Smoky Mountain News
November 3, 2025
Recent research from the Economic Policy Institute found that cuts to SNAP could disproportionately harm families of color.
AL.com
November 3, 2025
An estimated 1,074 workers in Cibola County are employed by the federal government, making up 11.3 percent of all employed residents, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Many have now been furloughed or are working without pay.
Cibola Citizen (New Mexico)
November 3, 2025
Des Moines Register
November 3, 2025
In a 2020 study, the Economic Policy Institute found that the majority of H-1B employers do pay visa holders less than market rate salaries, in violation of …[paywall].
Atlanta Journal Constitution
November 3, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute, more than half of all Black children under age 19 rely on public health insurance like Medicaid. For some, this means coverage outside of school — doctor’s visits, prescriptions, and other care. But for many Black students in under-resourced schools, school is often the only place they can get health services at all.
The Atlanta Voice
November 3, 2025
The Trump administration could be attempting to replace many undocumented farmworkers with foreigners who spend just months at a time in the U.S., said Daniel Costa, a lead immigration researcher at the nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute.
“Basically, they’re saying, ‘We want workers, but we don’t want people,’” he said.
Investigate Midwest
November 3, 2025
The suspension of SNAP, which provides food assistance to more than 40 million Americans, is likely to send shockwaves through the retail sector. “SNAP isn’t just social policy, it’s a critical driver of consumer spending,” said economist Ismael Martinez of the Economic Policy Institute. “Even a short disruption could lead to layoffs and reduced hours for grocery workers nationwide.”
El Diario
November 3, 2025
Typically, a downward adjustment is a sign that the board wants to encourage economic growth.
“I don’t think it will change the trajectory of the economy all that much,” said Josh Bivens, chief economist at the progressive-leaning Economic Policy Institute. Cuts “will not be any kind of game changer in the near term.”
Bivens, like other analysts interviewed by MSNBC, said he believes that the White House’s tariff policies are pushing prices higher. Five Senate Republicans on Tuesday voted to block Trump’s duty on Brazil in a rare rebuke of the president. Those levies, Biven said, are more likely to continue to drive costs going into next year, rather than the federal funds rate.
MSNBC.com
November 3, 2025