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…

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…

CPA Applauds Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter on Outbound Investment to China

Pelosi, Schumer Join Cornyn and Casey in Calling for Executive Order on Outbound Investment   WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today applauded a bipartisan, bicameral letter to President Joe Biden requesting the administration take immediate action to safeguard national security and supply chain resiliency on outbound investments to foreign adversaries like…