According to the press release from Policy Matters Ohio, the Economic Policy Institute estimates that roughly 112,700 Ohioans that are paid less than $10.70 will have a direct wage increase. 200,600 Ohioans paid slightly above the minimum wage will likely see an increase in their wages.
WTAP-TV
January 8, 2025
During the pandemic recovery, middle-income households saw the slowest wage growth among all groups between 2019 and 2023, according to data from the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank.
MarketWatch
January 8, 2025
…staff to fill in the gaps. According to a recent from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), the number of bus drivers has dropped by…[paywall].
Epoch Times
January 8, 2025
Indeed, as Breitbart News has chronicled, research has continuously shown that tariffs on foreign imports under Trump are unrelated to inflation that reached record highs under President Joe Biden following the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI), in extensive analysis, for instance, has noted that there is no link between U.S. tariffs and inflation.
“The timing of the tariffs clearly shows no correlation with inflation, and eliminating tariffs could not plausibly restrain it,” EPI researchers write. “The bulk of the tariffs were in place before 2020, yet, inflation only began accelerating in March 2021. Clearly, inflation was driven by many sources besides tariffs.”
Breitbart
January 8, 2025
In H-1B visa hires, a small portion of companies use this program the most. In 2022, the top 30 H-1B employers hired 40 percent of the applicants, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
The Michigan Star
January 8, 2025
“There is no easy way to tell whether a unit of government is correctly reporting obligations or whether it has made mistakes,” according to the independent nonprofit Economic Policy Institute. “Some states, cities, and counties may be mistakenly reporting items obligated that are, in fact, only budgeted.”
Green Bay Gazette
January 8, 2025
This comes as Colorado has some of the most-expensive childcare in the nation. According to the Economic Policy Institute, infant care for one child would take up 21% of a median family’s income in Colorado, making it “unaffordable” for the average family and “out of reach for low-wage workers.”
The Center Square
January 8, 2025
The Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, estimates that more than 9 million workers around the country will get raises on Jan. 1, with an average increase of about $400 for the year for those who work full-time. EPI says most of those workers will be women, and a disproportionate share will be Black or Latino.
Huffpost
January 8, 2025
..typical worker’s earnings rose by only 24%, as reported by the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank. CEOs earned…[paywall].
Forbes
January 8, 2025