Two interesting Labor Day stats that may surprise you:
1) for all the talk of the booming jobs market, more people are working only part time now than ever before - even during the near-collapse of the U.S. economy a decade ago (source: U.S. Labor Dept.)
1) for all the talk of the booming jobs market, more people are working only part time now than ever before - even during the near-collapse of the U.S. economy a decade ago (source: U.S. Labor Dept.)
Two interesting Labor Day stats that may surprise you:
2) Trump admiministration data acknowledges that the tax cut bill signed nearly a year ago has not put much into your pocket (sources: U.S. Labor Dept., U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis) /2
2) Trump admiministration data acknowledges that the tax cut bill signed nearly a year ago has not put much into your pocket (sources: U.S. Labor Dept., U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis) /2
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A vital part of Trump's base - older Americans - also have not seen much in the way of wage gains (sources: U.S. Labor Dept., Federal Reserve). Ancillary to this is a widening retirement gap - not nearly enough saved for most of this cohort
A vital part of Trump's base - older Americans - also have not seen much in the way of wage gains (sources: U.S. Labor Dept., Federal Reserve). Ancillary to this is a widening retirement gap - not nearly enough saved for most of this cohort
Even as the retirement savings crisis worsens (data shows), the Trump admin. stands by its forecast that Social Security will begin paying out more than it takes in by 2021, and retirees may face a 23% cut in 14 years (closer than it sounds). Politicians aren't focusing
