Eileen Alt Powell

Dec 5, 2024 | brookings.edu | Lauren Bauer |Wendy Edelberg |Eileen Alt Powell

This analysis uses key indicators from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) to investigate how firms are hiring and retaining workers and the implications for the labor market. More recently, a declining quit rate, and lower rates of job openings, separations, and hires, suggest that both workers and firms are behaving with caution. The labor market might be at a turning point.

Oct 31, 2024 | brookings.edu | Lauren Bauer |Wendy Edelberg |Olivia Howard |Eileen Alt Powell

Home The softening labor market shows resilience and some pockets of slack Given the increase in the unemployment rate since spring 2023, attention has turned to whether today’s softer labor market is still tight, back down to a more sustainable pace, or even showing signs of slack (meaning whether the labor market is showing signs that it could be stronger without putting unwelcome upward pressure in inflation). In this piece, we review a series of labor market indicators that provide...

Apr 12, 2024 | leantotheleft.net | Eileen Alt Powell

Many of us know Jesus Christ, He is a friend of ours, but those of you who are extremist, power-hungry and believe in violence are not Christians. Maybe you don’t understand the origin of the word. Maybe a homework assignment will help: Read “Matthew, Chapters 5-7” in the King James Bible, specifically, Christ’s Sermon on the Mount. After you have completed the aforementioned reading, check your beliefs against those of Christ.

Dec 8, 2023 | leantotheleft.net | Eileen Alt Powell

Don't listen to the GOP talking pointe Biden's age. Trump's nearly as old, is in worse physical condition, and is a danger to our country. Is age your top factor in choosing a president? Do you want someon who knows the issues at stake and has a proven record of fighting for the values and beliefs that define America? Or are you hung up on the question of age where Joe Biden is concerned?

Mar 2, 2023 | leantotheleft.net | Eileen Alt Powell

The rightwing extremists are at it again in South Carolina, where rightwing lawmakers want women who have an abortion to be subjected to the death penalty. No lie. Rep. Rob Harris (R-Spartanburg County) has introduced House Bill 3549, which would make the death penalty a possible punishment for women in the Palmetto State who have an abortion. The bill, called the South Carolina Pre-natal Equal Protection Act of 2023, is currently pending before the House Judiciary Committee.