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US Economy

What You Need to Know About Stagflation

Although thousands of jobs are available and the unemployment rate is falling, the US economy shrank in the first half of the year.

BY Ijeoma Nwatu

Blog Post

08.26.2022
Family Finances

It Isn’t Recovery Unless We Rebuild Worker Financial Security

Rebuilding the economy can stabilize families if it includes a better benefits system.

Blog Post

07.26.2021
US Economy

Opportunities for a More Sustainable and Inclusive Economy

What is the role of business in creating an economy that works for all?

BY David K. Gibson

Blog Post

06.14.2021
Family Finances

Two-Generation Approaches Can Uplift Families

In a Hechinger Report op-ed co-authored by Friends of the Children's Terri Sorrenson, Anne Mosle illuminates parents strengths and resiliency as they've navigated overlapping challenges including a global pandemic, social isolation, increased stress and barriers to distance learning: The pandemic has devastated entire families. Two-generation approaches can uplift them.

BY Anne Mosle

Of Interest

04.20.2021
Family Finances

Break Cycles of Poverty and Grow Family Prosperity

In a Morning Consult op-ed, Anne Mosle discusses the historic opportunities the American Rescue Plan offers to cut child poverty in half and increase well-being for all children and families: Break Cycles of Poverty and Grow Family Prosperity by Making Permanent Investments in Families

BY Anne Mosle

Of Interest

04.02.2021
US Government

Federal Rural Policy Scan: Rebuild Rural America Act of 2021

The Rebuild Rural America Act of 2021 would add $10 billion per year for five years to USDA Rural Development’s budget. How should we evaluate this proposal?

BY Brian Dabson

Blog Post

02.16.2021
Urban Innovation

A Procurement Path to Equity

In the US, state and city governments collectively spend $1.6 trillion per year. But for too long, how and with whom local governments spend their money has reinforced economic inequities.

BY Center for Urban Innovation & 1 more

Publication

11.19.2020
Urban Innovation

Diversity in Urban Tech Procurement

8 recommendations for what city governments can do to increase the number of “smart cities,” “civic tech,” or “urban tech” procurements awarded to companies led by women and people of color.

BY Center for Urban Innovation

Publication

11.19.2020
Family Finances

Financial Security 2020

During the past five years, the disconnect between the strength of the U.S. economy and the financial security of ...

BY Financial Security Program

Video

11.18.2020
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