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
November 24, 2025
The ultimate paradox is that, by nearly every measure, Democrats have managed the economy better than Republicans. The Economic Policy Institute reports that real GDP growth under Democratic presidents has averaged 3.8 percent, compared with 2.6 percent under Republicans, about 1.2 percentage points faster. Job creation has been more than twice as high. According to the Joint Economic Committee, under Democratic presidencies, the stock market performs better, unemployment rates are lower, and national debt grows more slowly.
Fordham Political Review
November 24, 2025
Amid President Donald Trump’s efforts to conceal the harmful consequences of his economic policies by hiding key data and replacing economists who tell harsh truths with partisan yes-people, a leading US think tank on Monday announced a new digital dashboard “to provide an accountability check” against attempts to manipulate and mislead the public.
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) says its new data accountability dashboard “serves as a one-stop shop” for economic data as federal statistic agencies (FSAs), once the “gold standard” for information, “face historically unprecedented threats from the Trump administration to their capacity and even their independence.”
Common Dreams
November 24, 2025
Employment data reveals mixed conditions. The Economic Policy Institute notes that school bus driver employment remains almost ten percent below 2019 levels, though recent wage growth of 4.2 percent annually has driven modest hiring improvements. This reflects broader K-12 staffing challenges affecting the region’s services sector.
Denver Job Market Report podcast
November 24, 2025
Care prices continue to climb. Average annual costs for infant care in North Dakota are more than $12,000, and for a 4-year-old, just over $10,000, according to estimates from the Washington D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute.
Jamestown Sun
November 24, 2025
According to the 50/30/20 rule, a well-balanced budget allocates 50% of income to necessities, 30% to discretionary spending, and 20% to savings or debt repayment. When paired with cost-of-living data from the Economic Policy Institute, this framework provides a benchmark for determining the minimum income required to sustain a financially comfortable lifestyle.
Upgraded Points
November 24, 2025
School bus driver employment sits 9.5% below 2019 staffing levels, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Baltimore Banner
November 24, 2025
- Higher hourly wages are credited for modest growth in the number of school bus drivers over the past year, but employment in the field remains down 9.5% compared to 2019 staffing levels, according to a recent analysis from the Economic Policy Institute.
- The median hourly wage for school bus drivers was $22.45 on Aug. 1, a 4.2% increase year over year when accounting for inflation.
- Nonetheless, the K-12 staffing outlook overall shows instability as school systems continue adjusting to the end of federal COVID-19 emergency funding and as changes implemented by the Trump administration put more fiscal pressures on state and local school systems, EPI said.
K-12 Dive
November 24, 2025
Lower-wage workers experienced strong wage growth during the pandemic and subsequent economic recovery, but that rise has slowed sharply since late 2022, according to Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute. One factor weighing on wage growth — a decline in job openings and the rate at which workers are leaving their jobs.
“When people aren’t looking for other offers or quitting, that is going to cause wage growth to slow,” she said.
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Gould also noted that many low-income Americans are unbanked and that Bank of America’s findings, which are drawn from an analysis of its depositor data, may not fully capture the impact of slowing wage growth on poor households.
“You’re missing some of the bottom end and how much pain [and] economic distress they may be feeling,” she said.
CBS News
November 24, 2025