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• Indiana families spend more on infant child care than college

   On average, Indiana families looking for infant child care will dish out more cash in one year than some college tuitions.

  That’s according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute.

  WTHR March 11, 2025
• Trump Says Economy Faces A ‘Period Of Transition’: Is A Recession Ahead?

  Why It Matters: According to the Economic Policy Institute, Trump inherited a healthy economy from his predecessor, President Joe Biden.

  Benzinga (via Yahoo! Finance) March 11, 2025
• Nevada workers are losing almost $123 million a year to wage theft, says report

  The Rutgers report cites a recent study from the Economic Policy Institute that found state and federal authorities in the U.S. recovered $1.5 billion in unpaid wages between 2021 and 2023. 

  News from the States March 11, 2025
• California has fourth-highest infant care costs, report says

  California has the fourth-highest infant childcare costs in the U.S., an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute found.

  Average infant child care costs in California total almost $22,000 a year, ranking behind Washington, D.C., Massachusetts and Minnesota. 

  EdSource March 11, 2025
• Tariffs could cost Americans an extra $1,600 a year. Here’s where to find that money in your household budget.

  The potential new pressures on Americans’ wallets come as inflation has been squeezing all but the wealthiest Americans for years now. The added costs of these new tariffs – estimated to be about $626 per person, according to the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute – are even more bad news for the roughly half of U.S. households who already carry a credit-card balance. 

  MarketWatch March 11, 2025
• Methodology: Investopedia and Travel + Leisure’s Best Places To Retire In The U.S.

  Places identified in Destination: Retirement 2025 articles were selected from a list of U.S. counties that were ranked according to factors which are most important to retirees: cost of living, as well as access to travel, entertainment, and health care based on publicly available data sources including the U.S. Census Bureau, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). More details about each data set, below. 

  Investopedia March 11, 2025
• How CEO pay can lead to huge corporate culture problems

  CEO compensation has increased 1,085% since 1978, compared to a 24% increase in average employee pay, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

  Fortune March 11, 2025
• Wall Street sell-off worsens amid tariff concerns

  “If things continue on the way that they’re going, if the president continues to make all these unforced economic policy errors, it’s quite likely that we could have a recession this year,” said Adam Hersh, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute.

  Hearst TV March 11, 2025
• Spring Into Financial Freedom: 5 Money Moves Black Families Should Make Before June

  The retirement savings gap is perhaps the most stark—according to the Economic Policy Institute, white families have typically accumulated $120,000 more in retirement savings than Black families by retirement age. Many factors contribute to this gap, including lower access to employer-sponsored retirement plans and earlier withdrawals due to financial emergencies.

  Essence March 11, 2025
• Trump Says Economy Faces A ‘Period Of Transition’: Is A Recession Ahead?

  Why It Matters: According to the Economic Policy Institute, Trump inherited a healthy economy from his predecessor, President Joe Biden.

  Benzinga (via Yahoo! Finance) March 11, 2025