Currently, the Trump administration is negotiating a trade deal with China, agreeing to a 90-day truce. During that, many companies are likely stockpiling on goods, leading to increased trade and purchasing but offering minimal relief for inflation.
“It takes so long for orders to be placed, to be put on a ship, to make it across the ocean and then to make it to their destinations. In the United States, it takes a long time to plan for those things,” Adam Hersh from the Economic Policy Institute said. “Ninety days of uncertainty about what will happen next is not a lot of confidence for importers.”
Hearst TV
May 13, 2025
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) echoes these concerns, pointing out that Black workers are overrepresented in low-wage positions that are rapidly being phased out by technology. Approximately 24% of Black workers are employed in administrative, production, and service roles that automation threatens to eliminate. With fewer resources to upskill or transition into tech-driven industries, the community faces a looming crisis of economic displacement.
BET.com
May 13, 2025
Many Black women continue to use them out of fear of hair discrimination. This form of discrimination affects 66% of Black women, as Afro-textured hair is deemed “unprofessional” within a job environment, per the Economic Policy Institute.
The Daily Dot
May 12, 2025
By the numbers: The proposal would impact about 0.1% to 0.2% of all taxpayers, estimates chief economist Josh Bivens of the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, who a few years back floated the idea of levying a 10% surtax on those with incomes above $2 million — a far more painful measure.
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- “This proposal is better than nothing, but it’s really weak tea,” says Bivens.
Axios
May 12, 2025
In California, the average cost of child care for one infant is $21,945, which takes up 18.4% of a median family’s income, according to an analysis of federal data by the Economic Policy Institute. New parents also shell out for medical costs, diapers, clothing and feeding supplies.
LA Times
May 12, 2025
A February analysis of Trump’s tax plan by the Economic Policy Institute said: “If these tax cuts for the rich are financed by large spending cuts, this would greatly damage current incomes and future opportunities for the most vulnerable families in the U.S.”
San Francisco Chronicle
May 12, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute’s Family Budget Calculator (which takes into account housing, food, transportation, health care, taxes, and other necessities), a household with two adults and no children living in San Diego County would spend $86,243 a year, on average.
Investopedia
May 12, 2025
Many school choice advocates, including EdChoice, claim interest in these programs has increased because more parents are dissatisfied with their child’s education, especially following the COVID-19 pandemic. However, these programs can be costly, and critics claim redirecting some per-student funding from public schools to private institutions can strain public school resources.
“For students who are in public schools who are leaving to take up these vouchers, it can have pretty severe effects on the public schools,” Dr. Hilary Wething, economist with the Economic Policy Institute, which opposes school choice, said. “Public schools rely on enrollment to determine their funding when a policy shock happens, like voucher programs, this essentially leads to a shock in potential enrollment decline. What that means essentially for the public schools is now they have fewer funds available to educate the students who remain in public school.”
Straight Arrow News
May 12, 2025
As the Trump administration has cut funding for some colleges and eliminated thousands of federal employees (including at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta), there are fewer jobs available in government and research institutions. Although young workers have experienced historically strong real wage growth since February 2020, the Economic Policy Institute found the administration’s policy actions, particularly regarding tariffs, “could be devastating for young adults trying to get a foothold in the labor market.”
Atlanta Journal Constitution
May 12, 2025
But that’s the reality for Minnesota parents who face the nation’s third most expensive infant care, at $1,800 a month, behind Massachusetts and Washington D.C., according to data from the Economic Policy Institute. Child care for a 4-year-old is slightly cheaper, but still $1,500 a month, or $18,000 per year and unaffordable for a typical family in Minnesota, where the median household income is $87,556.
Minnesota Reformer
May 12, 2025