Taking today’s Economic Pulse: Marketplace’s David Brancaccio speaks with Claudia Sahm, Chief Economist at New Century Advisors, about what the loss of two federal economic advisory committees could mean for the future of policymaking.
A new report from the Economic Policy Institute shows that wages for the economy’s lowest-paid workers rose historically fast from 2019-2024. However, inflation and other factors have cut into the real gains of these pay increases.