Tag: wage growth
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Americans Worried About Prices But Trump Isn’t Convinced It’s a Problem: What Voters Say and Why It Matters
Rising Costs, Widening Gaps: The Public’s Economic Anxiety Across the United States, Americans have grown increasingly vocal about the price of daily essentials—from groceries to gas to rent. Multiple independent polls in recent months have shown a sizeable share of voters expressing concern about inflation, personal finances, and the overall direction of the economy. Yet…
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Is the Job Market Getting Worse? What We Know About the U.S. Labor Market Amid a Government Shutdown
Why the Job Market Status Is Hard to Pin Down Right Now In the United States, a government shutdown often creates a fog over critical economic gauges. One of the most closely watched metrics—the monthly labor market report—has faced delays due to funding stalemates in Congress. Without timely data, economists, policymakers, and workers have less…