Job Quality Index Up Slightly as High and Low Quality Jobs Rise
The U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI) rose by a slight 0.03% 81.03 in September as both low-quality and high-quality jobs rose.
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U.S. Dependent on Foreign Sources for Nearly Every Critical Mineral
The U.S. is largely dependent on foreign sources for the critical minerals that will power a clean energy transition. The Inflation Act helps. But it’s going to take a while to be even moderately self-sufficient.
Apple Freezes Plan After U.S. Senators, CPA Highlight Dangers of Chinese Chip Supplier
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today released a statement regarding reports that Apple has put on hold its plan to use memory chips from China’s government subsidized Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC). Earlier this year, CPA and China Tech Threat (CTT) released a policy paper that highlighted the dangers of an…
U.S. Domestic Market Share Index Hits All-Time Low
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today released an update to the Domestic Market Share Index (DMSI), a new indicator that measures the success of U.S. manufacturing producers in the U.S. home market. The DMSI fell to 66.2 in Q2 2022, down from 67.2 in the previous quarter, indicating that domestic producers…
CPA Urges Fed, Treasury, Congress to Address Soaring U.S. Dollar
Currency misalignment reaching critical level WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today formally urged the federal government to address the U.S. dollar’s continuing overvaluation. In a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, and the leadership of the Senate Banking and House Financial Services Committees, CPA highlighted…
CPA to Congress: U.S. Can Support Taiwan without a Trade Agreement
WASHINGTON — As the Biden administration and Congress consider a potential free trade deal with Taiwan, the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) has documented why such a deal would work against U.S. interests while offering little in the way of meaningful protection for Taiwan. Earlier this month, CPA submitted testimony to the House Ways…
Job Quality Index Falls to 81.07
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today announced that the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI) fell 0.45% to 81.07 in August, as low-quality job additions exceeded high-quality additions. Low quality jobs, i.e. jobs that pay weekly wages below the national average for all production and nonsupervisory workers, increased in the latest month, particularly…
The Services Trade Surplus: Does it Matter?
Some argue that if the U.S. let the services industry grow through exports, it would lower our trillion-dollar trade gap with the world. CPA economist Jeff Ferry explains why that will never happen, and why it is better to increase manufacturing at home to lower the deficit.
House Prices Move Further Out of Reach for Young Families
By Amanda Mayoral Summary Americans are working harder and waiting longer to buy homes The cost of a home is 6 times median household income today, versus 3.2 times in 1967 The disparity between house prices and median incomes was exacerbated by the COVID pandemic which drove a 37% increase in house prices…
CPA Requests CBP Investigate China’s SHEIN for Exploiting De Minimis Loophole to Import Forced Labor Goods
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) urged U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to investigate SHEIN, the Chinese company dominating fast fashion online retail, for exploiting the de minimis loophole to import clothing products suspected of being made with cotton produced in Xinjiang with forced labor. Currently, CBP does not receive even…