
Meghan Ostertag
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2 weeks ago |
itif.org | Stephen Ezell |Trelysa Long |Meghan Ostertag
KEY TAKEAWAYSA blanket 25 percent tariff on U.S. semiconductor imports would produce a 0.18 percent downturn in U.S. economic growth in the first year, and if sustained over 10 years, would result in a 0.76 percent slowdown in U.S. economic growth in the 10th year. A 10 percent tariff would result in 0.06 percent of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) growth foregone in the first year and 0.20 percent in the 10th year.
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Jan 15, 2025 |
itif.org | Robert D. Atkinson |Meghan Ostertag
In his first term, President Trump called out and took action against systematic Chinese innovation mercantilism, as ITIF had long argued America must.
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Jan 6, 2025 |
itif.org | Meghan Ostertag
|January 6, 2025Source: Aaron Back, “The U.S. Needs a Productivity Miracle. It Might Just Get One.” The Wall Street Journal, December 26, 2024. Commentary: Economic growth is essential for reducing the national debt, and labor productivity, measured as output per hour worked, is one of the most essential tools for stimulating growth. However, U.S. labor productivity has been relatively unexceptional for many years.
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Dec 23, 2024 |
itif.org | Meghan Ostertag
|December 23, 2024Source: Micole De Vera and Javier Garcia-Brazales, “Establishment Size and the Task Content of Jobs: Evidence from 46 Countries,” Institute for Labor Economics, no. 17319 (September 2024). Commentary: In a recent report, Micole De Vera and Javier Garcia-Brazales analyzed how firm size relates to work tasks to discover how firm size impacts employee tasks.
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Dec 16, 2024 |
itif.org | Meghan Ostertag
|December 13, 2024Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2024 (Volume 2) (Paris: OECD, 2024), 74-75. Commentary: From 2013 to 2022, wages in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector outpaced total average wages in Europe, according to the annual OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2024. Of the 28 countries with data available, two-thirds saw ICT sector wages grow faster annually than in the rest of the economy.
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