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Economy Adds 528,000 Jobs as Unemployment Ticks Down to 3.5 Percent

The good news is that all the reports about workers’ wages not keeping pace with inflation were mistaken. The bad news is that wages are growing at a pace that exceeds the Fed’s 2.0 percent inflation target.

Dean Baker / August 05, 2022

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Abortion

Inequality

United States

High Joblessness for Black Youth: More Than 500,000 Jobs are Needed

The Dobbs decision will force many Black youth to have children before they are ready.

Algernon Austin / August 03, 2022

Article Artículo

CEPR Sanctions Watch, July 2022

CEPR Sanctions Watch aims to help generate more awareness around sanctions by providing regular updates on US economic sanctions policy and its harmful impacts on people around the world.

Michael Galant / August 03, 2022

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Economic Crisis and Recovery

Jobs

United States

Preview: Will Job Growth Remain Strong in a Slowing Economy?

The most important question is if wage growth continuing to moderate. If wage growth stays the same or slows further, it will mean the Fed’s work is largely done.

Dean Baker / August 02, 2022

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Private Equity

United States

How Public Real Estate Investment Trusts Extract Wealth from Nursing Homes and Hospitals

Evidence shows that REITs are financial actors that aggressively buy up property assets and manage them to extract wealth at taxpayers’ expense.

Rosemary Batt and Eileen Appelbaum / August 01, 2022

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Economic Crisis and Recovery

Fed Needs to Make Sure That It Doesn’t Bring On the Next Recession

Interest rate hikes are threatening to cause a recession. The Fed should be able to make sure that it doesn’t make that mistake.

Mark Weisbrot / July 28, 2022

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Economic Crisis and Recovery

Economic Growth

United States

GDP Falls at a 0.9 Percent Rate, Driven by Slower Inventory Growth and Falling Housing Construction

Recession-fearing households increased spending on hotels and restaurants at a 13.5 percent annual rate in Q2.

Dean Baker / July 28, 2022

Article Artículo

Why Union Membership Is Good For Workers With Disabilities

Unions provide many benefits for workers, and studies suggest that these benefits are especially salient for disabled workers.

Hayley Brown / July 27, 2022

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Economic Crisis and Recovery

Globalization and Trade

The Semiconductor Bill and the Moderna Billionaires

With a bit of thought, the semiconductor bill could have been designed in ways that did not redistribute income upward.

Dean Baker / July 27, 2022

Article Artículo

Sanctions

US Foreign Policy

World

How Biden’s Foreign Policy Contributes to Soaring Gas Prices and Threw the World Into Crisis — and What He Can Do About It

With Western plans to cap the price of Russian oil on the horizon, let’s hope Biden charts a more responsible course — one that recognizes that what’s best for the world is also in his own political interest.

Kevin Cashman / July 27, 2022

Article Artículo

The Reserves of Da Afghanistan Bank Belong to Afghanistan

To help end “hell on earth,” the Biden administration should release the full $7 billion to the central bank of Afghanistan.

Andrés Arauz / July 26, 2022

Article Artículo

Gun Violence

Gun Violence Prevention

Inequality

United States

Black People Need Better Options than the Morgue or Mass Incarceration

Rather than the gun lawlessness promoted by the extremists on the Supreme Court, Black Americans must insist on gun safety laws and an end to mass incarceration.

Algernon Austin / July 26, 2022

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Economic Crisis and Recovery

Economic Growth

Inflation

United States

PREVIEW: What to Look for In the Second Quarter 2022 GDP Report

It is very possible that we will see negative growth again in the second quarter. This does not mean we are in a recession.

Dean Baker / July 25, 2022

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Inequality

United States

Black People (And Everyone Else) Should Avoid Crypto

Get-rich-quick schemes are always a scam. Ultimately, it is better for people to invest in the slow and hard work of un-rigging the economy and enacting policies that make society more equitable.

Algernon Austin / July 22, 2022

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IMF

Special Drawing Rights

US Foreign Policy

World

World Bank

How the Treasury Department Could Prevent Mass Starvation with No Cost to the Taxpayers

There is a way to bring hundreds of billions of dollars of aid to the developing countries where the people who need it most live. Amazingly, this help has zero cost to the US government.

Mark Weisbrot / July 21, 2022

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Disability and Economic Justice Chartbook

This chartbook provides tables and figures on the current state of disability economic justice, including disability prevalence, disparities in employment and earnings, and disparities in income poverty and material hardship.

Hayley Brown, Julie Yixia Cai and Shawn Fremstad / July 20, 2022

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Economic Crisis and Recovery

Economic Policy

United States

The Fed Should Not Allow Itself to Get Bullied into Bringing on a Recession

The Fed should not pursue a policy that needlessly throws millions of people out of work.

Dean Baker / July 19, 2022

Article Artículo

Structuring the Economy to Give Money to the Rich Is Inflationary

Today’s inflation should show us very directly how attacking the policies that redistribute so much income upward would help the working class.

Dean Baker / July 18, 2022

Article Artículo

Economic Crisis and Recovery

The Washington Post Says the Economy Is Terrible: Multiple Job Holders Edition

From the data, it looks like people are more likely to work two full-time jobs when they can get two full-time jobs, when the economy is strong. In effect, the Washington Post highlighted a sign of economic strength as evidence of a bad economy.

Dean Baker / July 17, 2022

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Economic Crisis and Recovery

The Washington Post Says the Economy Is Terrible: Falling Gas Price Edition

While it may turn out to be the case that the sanctions are more effective in the future than they have been to date, the futures markets apparently do not expect this outcome.

Dean Baker / July 17, 2022

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