Job Quality Index

Job Quality Index Declines as Low-Quality Jobs Dominate Growth

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today announced that the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI) for November declined by 0.69% in November to 83.71. The latest job figures showed strong growth in low-quality sectors, i.e. industry sectors paying below-average weekly pay, strongly outweighed growth in high-quality sectors. The decrease in the JQI for…

Vietnam

CPA to Biden Administration: Do Not Grant Socialist Republic of Vietnam “Market Economy Status”

Akin to granting PNTR to China in 2000 WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) called on the Biden administration to reject misguided calls to revoke the non-market economy status of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam — a nation where the economy remains highly controlled by the government. According to a report by…

CPA Applauds House China Committee Report Calling for Revoking China’s MFN Status, Prohibiting CCP Companies from Exploiting U.S. Capital Markets

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today applauded a new, bipartisan report released by the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The report, titled “Reset, Prevent, Build: A Strategy to Win America’s Economic Competition with the Chinese Communist Party,” was adopted…

CPA, Law Enforcement, and Drug Advocacy Groups Urge Congress to Close De Minimis Loophole to Address Fentanyl Crisis

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA), along with a coalition of law enforcement and national nonprofit and community-based organizations devoted to fighting against the fentanyl crisis plaguing our nation, today sent a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate urging them to take immediate action to close the de minimis…

CPA, Law Enforcement, and Drug Advocacy Groups Urge Biden to Close De Minimis Loophole to Address Fentanyl Crisis

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA), along with a coalition of law enforcement and other organizations devoted to fighting against the fentanyl crisis plaguing our nation, today urged President Biden to take immediate action to close the de minimis loophole, which is contributing to the current drug crisis, including the importation of…

CPA Welcomes Unanimous Decision to Exclude CCP Companies from Key Federal Retirement Index

CPA Welcomes Unanimous Decision to Exclude CCP Companies from Key Federal Retirement Index

CCP Firms Still Present in Federal Thrift Savings Plan’s Mutual Fund Window WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today applauded the unanimous decision, as reported by the Financial Times, by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board’s (FRTIB), which manages the federal government’s Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), to exclude Chinese and Hong Kong…

Job Quality Index Declines in September, Manufacturing Employment Down Temporarily Due to Auto Strikes

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today announced that the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI) for September declined by 0.66% in September to 84.37. After a strong reading in August, the JQI continued its downward trend in the second half of the year. Interest rate hikes by the Fed appear to be softening…

CPA Applauds Baldwin, Colleagues for Urging Biden Administration to Correct Inflation Reduction Act Guidelines that Undercut U.S. Manufacturers

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today applauded U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Tina Smith (D-MN) for urging the Biden Administration to correct the Department of the Treasury’s guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) program that is undercutting American clean energy…

CPA Applauds Congresswoman Tenney’s PILLS Act, Legislation to Boost U.S. Domestic Production of Generic Medicines

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today applauded the introduction of the Producing Incentives for Long-term Production of Lifesaving Supply of Medicines (PILLS) Act by Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (R-NY) which would incentivize the strategic reshoring of U.S. domestic production of generic medicines with a domestic production-based tax credit, domestic content bonus credit,…