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News September 29, 2024

Yahoo Finance: What 3 economists say is in store in a second Trump economy

“On the stump, the former president has called for a 60% tariff on Chinese imports along with a blanket 10% to 20% on all remaining goods imported from other c…
News August 27, 2024

The Washington Post: Two pro-growth policies for Harris: Immigration and trade

“With an aging population, the necessity for legal immigration to prevent economic contraction has become more urgent. And there is little dispute that immigra…
News June 4, 2024

POLITICO: Biden border crackdown could snip economy

“Given that it can take months for asylum seekers to receive work permits, the near-term economic impact of the Biden’s action would likely be blunted, accordi…
News April 12, 2024

The New York Times: Immigrants in Maine are filling a labor gap. It may be a prelude for the U.S.

"'I’m very confident that we would not have seen the employment gains we saw last year — and we certainly can’t sustain it — without immigration,' said Wendy E…
News April 12, 2024

Associated Press: A healthy US economy’s secret ingredient: Immigrant workers, eager to fill jobs

"A study by Wendy Edelberg and Tara Watson, economists at the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project, has concluded that over the past two years, new immigra…
News April 9, 2024

U.S. News & World Report: What you need to know about the labor market

“'Faster population and labor force growth has meant that employment could grow more quickly than previously believed without adding to inflationary pressures,…
News April 7, 2024

NBC News: How immigrants are helping boost the U.S. job market without affecting inflation

“Wendy Edelberg, a former Federal Reserve economist now serving as director of Brookings’ Hamilton Project, told NBC News the net effect of immigration on infl…
News April 5, 2024

Bloomberg: Worried about the labor market overheating? Relax.

“In remarks Wednesday, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that healing supply chains and a jump in immigration helped explain why — at least in the recent past — gro…
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