Illian argued investors benefit from income equality — and pointed to a study conducted by the Economic Policy Institute that found income inequality drags on GDP by 2% to 4% a year.
CNBC
May 19, 2023
According to the Economic Policy Institute, one of the most egregious rollbacks was recently signed into law by Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Truthout
May 19, 2023
A recent study from the Economic Policy Institute shows the Class of 2023 is graduating into a stronger labor market for young workers, as measured by lower unemployment and underemployment rates, than the year prior’s graduating class. The youth unemployment rate for young people, ages 16 to 24, hit 7.5% in March, a 70-year low, the study found. The figure also reflects a downtick in the overall U.S. unemployment rate, which fell to 3.5% during the same period, Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows.
“The very low [youth] unemployment rate now is incredibly striking,” EPI Senior Economist Elise Gould told CBS MoneyWatch.
CBS News
May 19, 2023
“The indication is that the White House is not giving up,” said Celine McNicholas, a lobbyist for the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
Bloomberg Law
May 19, 2023
Crain's Detroit Business
May 19, 2023
According to the Economic Policy Institute, the unemployment rate among Hispanic workers as of the end of 2022 in Pennsylvania was 6.7% — which was the second highest in the country.
Lancaster Online
May 19, 2023
A recent study by the Economic Policy Institute found that the large-scale introduction of electric vehicles could trigger the loss of over 250,000 jobs in automobile assembly and parts production.
These job losses could be offset by a significant strengthening of industries in the EV supply chain.
Jacobin
May 19, 2023
According to the Economic Policy Institute, in 2021 that gap was 23.5%. Teachers earned an average of 76.5 cents for every dollar that other professionals with the same level of education earned.
WKBW (Buffalo)
May 19, 2023
(Paywall). Quotes Jennifer Sherer.
Law360
May 19, 2023
NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe asks Samantha Sanders of the Economic Policy Institute how not raising the debt ceiling would affect the average American.
NPR Weekend Edition
May 19, 2023