Heather Long
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Economic columnist @washingtonpost | Data aficionado | Views my own | Email: [email protected]
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/heather-long 25-02-2011 07:04:07
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Lately many people have asked me "do you really trust the government data on inflation?" So, I checked a few of my past grocery receipts and, yep, the BLS data is about right: grocery prices for me are up 20-25% over the past 4-5 years Receipts: economistwritingeveryday.com/2024/08/28/gro…
For Labor Day: Earn and Learn programs like apprenticeship can play a key role in providing skills to non-college bound Americans, as Heather Long notes: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…
New - Kamala Harris is proposing a $50K tax deduction for startup expenses (10X increase to current deduction) New rollout includes: - Incentives to get local govs 2 cut red tape - Occupational licensing reform - CDFI expansion More econ policies coming washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…
A series of data-release missteps at BLS-Labor Statistics has raised questions about how the agency shares information and whether it has been giving an unfair advantage to Wall Street. Experts fear the incidents could undermine confidence in government statistics. Jeanna Smialek and I dig
Must-read Heather Long column on the "thin-ice conditions" facing the US economy, arguing for a decisive cut to interest rates washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…