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Back to news homeInflation Is Still High. What’s Driving It Has Changed.
America is now two years into abnormally high inflation — and while the nation appears to be past the worst phase of the biggest spike in price increases in half […]
What if It Never Gets Easier to Be a Working Parent?
Above all, issues around managing child care and work that had long been considered private family matters were suddenly out in the open, turning the needs of working parents into […]
Of 4 Family Policies in Democrats’ Bill, Which Deserves Priority?
But others said they would rather the money go directly to child care or pre-K because it would help mothers work. “I’m always very sensitive to policies that even unintentionally […]
How Other Nations Pay for Child Care. The U.S. Is an Outlier.
Typical 2-year-olds in Denmark attend child care during the day, where they are guaranteed a spot, and their parents pay no more than 25 percent of the cost. That guaranteed […]
How Child Care Went From ‘Girly’ Economics to Infrastructure
That’s changing. The Biden administration and its allies are pushing the notion that caring for children — and the sick and the elderly — is just as crucial to a […]
Biden’s Proposals Aim to Give Sturdier Support to the Middle Class
Skeptics have warned of government overreach and the risk that deficit spending could ignite inflation, but Mr. Biden and his team of economic advisers have, nonetheless, embraced the approach.“It’s time […]
Powell Says Better Child Care Policies Might Lift Women in Work Force
Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, suggested on Wednesday that improved child care support policies from the government might help pull more women into the labor market.The Fed chief […]