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Tariffs—Everything you need to know but were afraid to ask
Feb 10, 2025 · During his presidential campaign, President Trump pledged to impose universal tariffs of 10–60% on all U.S. imports—a whopping $4.2 trillion in goods and services purchased from abroad …
Topics - EPI Data Library
United States by Outcome 2024 398.2 Net productivity (output per hour) 242.9 Total compensation per hour EXPLORE ALL TOPICS Employment Data on the labor force are compiled from EPI analysis of …
CEO Pay | Economic Policy Institute - epi.org
Sep 25, 2025 · CEO-to-worker pay has skyrocketed over the last six decades, growing 1084% compared to a typical workers' pay which only grew 26%. It's excessive no matter how you look at …
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Read timely day-of-release analysis by EPI’s economists on monthly national and state jobs data, quarterly GDP and international trade data, as well as annual census data on poverty, income and …
Trump’s deportation agenda will destroy millions of jobs
Jul 10, 2025 · Source: Extrapolations from East et al. (2023) and Howard, Wang, and Zhang (2024), as described in the text. Baseline employment levels from EPI (2025) analysis of the 2024 basic …
Nominal Wage Tracker - Economic Policy Institute
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Misclassifying workers as independent contractors is costly for workers ...
Jan 22, 2025 · Heidi Shierholz, “EPI comments on independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act,” comments submitted on behalf of the Economic Policy Institute to Division of …
What’s behind rising unemployment for Black workers? - epi.org
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