Tag Archives: Economic Policy Institute

College Student Loan Debt: A Tale of Two Time Periods

THE Brookings Institute released a study earlier this week arguing that “the impact of student loans may not be as dire as many commentators fear.”  The authors of the study arrive at this conclusion by examining data from the Federal Reserve tracking student loan debt between 1989 and 2010.  Their key findings include: Roughly one-quarter […]

May Jobs Report for the U.S.: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

THE national jobs report for May was released yesterday by the BLS, which has given pundits, economists, and others plenty of time to sift through the data and generate a discussion.  First, the usual caveats.  The jobs report is comprised of two monthly surveys and subject to subsequent revisions.  This means the data is both […]

Education as Economic Policy

ELIOT Cutler rolled out his plan to increase funding and overhaul the state’s education system as a means to promote economic growth.  As reported by the PPH: “States that are doing well economically are almost always the states that consistently have made investments in education, from early childhood through elementary and high school, to post […]