“It’s one of the most effective things we’ve seen from the CARES Act, but it’s not perfect,” said Heidi Shierholz, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, and former chief economist at the Department of Labor in the Obama administration.
“That extra $600 is getting a ton of money into the economy,” said Shierholz. For example, people who claim in Mississippi get an average of $813, up from $213. That substantial extra payment stops at the end of July.
Marketplace
July 17, 2020
“You have people who get thrown into these terrible situations because of the timing, because of the lapse that is absolutely unnecessary,” said Heidi Shierholz, senior economist and director of policy at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
The Hill
July 17, 2020
The Economic Policy Institute, a non-partisan think-tank, analyzed data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and determined there are approximately three unemployed workers for every one job opening in the country right now.
Urban Milwaukee
July 17, 2020
African Americans are also more likely to work front-line jobs deemed “essential,” during the pandemic, have higher rates of preexisting conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma and diabetes, and live in more densely populated housing, according to the Economic Policy Institute. African Americans make up 12.5% of the U.S. population but account for 22.4% of COVID-19 deaths, EPI said in a June report.
Breitbart
July 17, 2020
Last year, the Economic Policy Institute found the annual child care cost for a 4-year-old in North Carolina was more than $8,000, with infant care costing $9,480 a year — more than in-state college tuition.
Blue Ridge Now
July 17, 2020
That’s why the NELP— along with the Center for Popular Democracy, MomsRising, the Groundwork Collaborative, and the Economic Policy Institute—are calling on Congress to #SaveThe600 by extending the PUC program.
Ms.
July 17, 2020
Department of Labor figures indicate that as of July 11, as many as 36 million American workers were either collecting unemployment, waiting to receive benefits they’d been approved for, or had recently applied for them, Economic Policy Institute senior economist Heidi Shierholz wrote July 16.
Labor Press
July 17, 2020
Why aren’t teachers considered essential workers in the U.S? According to the Economic Policy Institute there are 12 “essential” industries that employ more than 55 million workers. A majority of essential workers are employed in health care (30%), food and agriculture (20%), and the industrial, commercial, residential facilities and services industry (12%).
850 wftl
July 17, 2020
While the number of renters at risk of eviction is debated, Pima County Justice Courts data from June reveal evictions have been — and will likely continue to be — far more prevalent in neighborhoods home to more people of color. Black, Latino and Indigenous people are more likely to be renters and more likely to work in industries negatively impacted by the pandemic, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Arizona Public Media
July 17, 2020
Teachers now make 4.5 percent on average less than they did more than 10 years ago, according to the National Education Association, and public school teachers earn 17 percent less than what comparable workers earn, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Counterpunch
July 17, 2020
