According to data collected by the Economic Policy Institute from state labor departments, there is a dramatic surge in continued unemployment insurance filings across Washington, Maryland, Virginia, Connecticut, and Oregon.
Federal claims in DC jumped more than 1,000% compared with 2024’s tallies, while Maryland recorded an increase of more than 500%. When looking at claims in all state-managed programs, the year-over-year gains for DC, Virginia, and Maryland were 53%, 29%, and 25% respectively.
Cryptopolitan
November 17, 2025
According to data provided by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), collating Department of Labor submissions from individual states, unemployment insurance claims are significantly up in Washington, D.C., as well as in other states singled out by the Moody’s report.
“In D.C. proper, federal continued claims increased over 1,000% from the same time last year. In nearby Maryland, federal claims are up over 500% and federal claims in Virginia are double compared with the same period in 2024,” the EPI reported.
GO Banking Rates
November 17, 2025
Guruprasad Sowle, the president and cofounder of Indus International Research Foundation and an advisory board member at World Trade Center Utah, said he expects the policy to eliminate “average workers” from the pipeline.
It will also prevent Indian-based staffing companies that funnel employees to the U.S. from misusing the American legal immigration system and violating the wage rules, as the Economic Policy Institute found in 2021.
Deseret News
November 17, 2025
Progressive groups have been calling to squeeze more revenue out of the wealthy for years now.
But the Economic Policy Institute is putting a bit of a new twist on that argument in a report released today.
The group is prodding policymakers to raise taxes on the rich simply on the merits, in no small part so that regular taxpayers can have more trust in the system.
“A lot of people assume the public is anti-tax. But they might just be very annoyed because they think the wealthy are avoiding their obligations,” said Josh Bivens of EPI, the author of the report, adding that standalone tax increases “just improve the faith in the political process.”
Politico Morning TAx
November 17, 2025
Workers nationwide may be losing out on more than $50 billion a year because of wage theft, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
The Olympian
November 17, 2025
Elise Gould, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, expected a significant bounce back in economic activity that was throttled by the shutdown.
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She’s tracked unemployment insurance claims data generated by the states, which has remained available through the federal government shutdown.
And some spots, such as Washington, D.C., are seeing elevated levels of unemployment insurance claims.
Gould also noted reports of more layoffs in the private sector.
Sinclair Broadcast Group
November 17, 2025
The number of drivers has increased by 2,300, or 1.1%, since last year, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning research group. But there are still 21,200 fewer bus drivers than there were in 2019, a decline of 9.5%.
The 74
November 17, 2025
A study this year by the Economic Policy Institute found that the cost of child care now exceeds the price of college tuition in 38 states and the District of Columbia.
Time Magazine
November 17, 2025
Why American worker productivity increased 62% from 1979 to 2020, while wages rose only 17.5%—and where that surplus value actually goes
SOURCES:
Economic Policy Institute productivity reports
Financial Data Guru (YouTube)
November 17, 2025
A study from the Economic Policy Institute showed that investments in public transportation not only drove down crime, but also reduced economic inequality.
November 17, 2025