While less than 10% of all U.S. business owners are Black, Black-owned businesses were also more concentrated in industries hardest hit when COVID first spread, according to Economic Policy Institute analysis of government data. In April of 2020, more than 40% of Black business owners reported they were not working, compared with only 17% of white business owners.
Associated Press
February 12, 2024
Employment dipped by 15%, or nearly 6 million workers, for people 55 and over in the early months of 2020, according to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute.
USA Today
February 12, 2024
To illustrate regional differences — and to help people assess whether their own budgets are in line with their neighbors’ — the Economic Policy Institute has unveiled a family budget calculator with 2023 data for all counties and metro areas across the nation. The calculator estimates seven basic expense categories — housing, food, transportation, child care, health care, taxes and other basic necessities — for 10 family types (one or two adults with zero to four children).
Arizona Republic
February 12, 2024
A 2014 study from the Economic Policy Institute found that wage theft “costs American workers as much as $50 billion a year.” It deserves massive attention.
New Republic
February 12, 2024
According to the Economic Policy Institute, the net worth of the top 1% of American households rose steadily through the second half of the 20th century and beyond.
Investopedia
February 12, 2024
While less than 10% of all U.S. business owners are Black, Black-owned businesses were also more concentrated in industries hardest hit when COVID first spread, according to Economic Policy Institute analysis of government data. In April of 2020, more than 40% of Black business owners reported they were not working, compared with only 17% of white business owners.
Associated Press
February 12, 2024
Additionally, we also included average figures for a single person’s monthly grocery, taking quotes from the Economic Policy Institute. The resulting list is presented in descending order, ranging from the highest cost of living to the lowest cost of living.
Insider Monkey
February 9, 2024
Infant care costs $1,117 more per year than in-state tuition for four-year public college, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Fayette Tribune
February 9, 2024
In the absence of significant government investments and without aggressive labor organizing, the Economic Policy Institute estimates that a rise in EVs to 50 percent of domestic auto sales by 2030 could result in losses of roughly seventy-five thousand US jobs.
Jacobin
February 9, 2024