Washington. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today announced the launch of a comprehensive new economic indicator, the US Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI). CPA has partnered with Cornell University, the University of Missouri, and the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity (GISP) to unveil a new measure of America’s changing employment situation. The…
Editors note: President Trump‘s speech before the New York economic club is reprinted here. He doubles down on trade intervention as benefiting the economy saying “we are not going back”. [Economy & Jobs | November 12, 2019 | White House] New York Hilton MidtownNew York, New York 12:09 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you…
Editor’s note. This is initial coverage of our new Job Quality Index which shows consistent deterioration of the quality of jobs on offer for the last 20 years. If quality is more important than quantity, the U.S. labor market isn’t as good as the headline numbers indicate, according to new research. [Katia Dmitrieva | November…
Editors note: This letter from 130 congressman wrongly advocates that the US should preserve a loophole in our law allowing shipments valued under $800 from foreign countries to avoid tariffs. CPA supports closing or narrowing that loophole. View the original letter and signatures here.
