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Bloomberg: Fed’s Powell ready to support job market, even if it means lingering inflation
“It’s 'about not wanting the unemployment rate to get momentum,’ said former Fed economist Wendy Edelberg, director of the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Pro…
Axios: How immigration is driving U.S. job growth
"New analysis from the Brookings Institution puts some hard numbers on the relationship between the rise in immigration and the labor market — finding an influ…
The New York Times: U.S. employers add 275,000 jobs in another strong month
"According to an analysis by the Brookings Institution, the influx has approximately doubled the number of jobs that the economy could add per month in 2024 wi…
Marketplace: With prices falling and incomes rising, consumers get a break in time for Christmas
“Why is income growing so much now? It’s hard to say. ‘I mean, we’re going to be debating this as economists for years to come,’ said Wendy Edelberg at the Bro…
Forbes: The economic impact of moms in the workforce is the next research frontier
"As Brookings reports, 'prime-age women (ages 25 to 54) have contributed most to the post-pandemic rebound in overall labor force participation.' Women with yo…
The Washington Post: Will gains from the spectacular ‘she-covery’ last?
“’Women today see themselves as ‘people who work,’’ says Brookings Institution researcher Lauren Bauer, ‘and the pandemic was not going to get them down.’”
The New York Times: The ‘silver lining to the pandemic’ for working mothers
"The analysis, by the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution and based on Bureau of Labor Statistics data, identifies a major reason: the newfound abili…
Marketplace: Women’s role in labor force continued to grow in August. Is the trend sustainable?
“Women’s overall labor force participation isn’t quite back to what it was before the pandemic, but that’s largely due to demographic change, according to Laur…
