Really great to join @AMEmeritaTorres, @nily, and @SteveOtis91 this morning in Albany for this roundtable on surveillance pricing.
New York is leading the way on protecting consumers from these unfair corporate tactics that drive up prices and eviscerate basic privacy
Utility rate increase requests doubled in 2025 compared to 2024
We’ll keep it short and sweet: Kevin Warsh is a disastrous choice to oversee monetary policy as Chair of the Federal Reserve.
Working families are struggling to afford the basics and policymakers must take action to curb the corporate gouging that’s driving up prices.
Glad to see New York legislators–joined today by Groundwork’s @ENPancotti–make moves to protect America’s working class.
Really great to join @AMEmeritaTorres, @nily, and @SteveOtis91 this morning in Albany for this roundtable on surveillance pricing.
New York is leading the way on protecting consumers from these unfair corporate tactics that drive up prices and eviscerate basic privacy
The Fed’s decision to hold rates steady reflects an economy that is clearly losing its momentum as consumer confidence has fallen below COVID-era levels.
This is the same company that was just caught running a secret price-hiking scheme and lying about it.
It's not surprising that it's now looking for ways to blame its own workers for trying to make a living.
Instacart has been put on notice.
The @NewYorkStateAG's Office is demanding answers after our report exposed that the company ran pricing experiments on shoppers without their knowledge or consent.
We know Trump doesn't like long reads, so here are just four (4) “bad” numbers for his attention span.
Trump on the economy:
"Is there one number that's bad? Can you tell me? Is there one number that's bad? There's not one."
Job hunting now takes 11+ weeks on average—the longest in years. This is Trump’s economy.
We & @Groundwork published a poll conducted by @DataProgress that shows a jaw-dropping 8-to-1 margin support government action to cap credit card interest rates.
Capping credit card interest rates is more popular than Santa Claus.
For more:
https://protectborrowers.org/whats-the-deal-with-credit-card-debt/
Iowa’s economy is under strain thanks to Trump’s economic agenda: bankruptcies are rising, jobs are disappearing, and uncertainty is everywhere.
Empty speeches about affordability won’t lower prices. Ending his reckless tariff policies will.
The Republican party’s agenda in one headline 👇
From keeping our food & drinking water safe to protecting our National Parks & responding when disaster strikes, federal workers keep this country running.
Trump’s historic union-busting doesn’t just hurt workers—it hurts every community that depends on these services.
Today’s economy is being held up by the spending power of the wealthy. The top 10% now account for ~50% of all consumer spending.
An economy that works only when the richest Americans can afford it isn’t a stable economy.
(Bloomberg) -- US consumer confidence declined in January to the lowest level in more than a decade on more pessimistic views of the economy and labor market.
