Executive Summary Since the spread of COVID-19 accelerated in mid-March of this year, the sharp decline in U.S. economic...
read moreNews flash: extending enhanced federal unemployment benefits, due to expire today, won’t discourage workers from returning to their jobs,...
read moreThis blog provides an update on the impact of the COVID Crash on the Pennsylvania economy. The “good news”...
read moreThe economy, almost literally, is dropping like a stone. This blog summarizes the most recent evidence and points to...
read moreUpdated: 04/23/2020 On April 16, the U.S. Department of Labor reported “hard” numbers on the economic impact of the...
read morePennsylvania lawmakers today face two challenging pressures that are difficult to reconcile: a) a deep recession that has eroded...
read moreWe were in the last two weeks of work on this analysis of the governor’s proposed budget for the...
read moreStephen Herzenberg testified before Philadelphia City Council today on worker misclassification and wage theft in the Philadelphia construction industry....
read moreHARRISBURG – Keystone Research Center economist Stephen Herzenberg and Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center director Marc Stier issued the...
read moreHARRISBURG – Today, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) voted to lift the salary threshold below which Pennsylvania salaried...
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