Staggering Unemployment for Native America ns, Does Trump Control his Party?, and More

February 10, 2022

Last week, for the first time, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released monthly data on American Indian and Alaska Native unemployment. While the U.S. economy added a whopping 470,000 jobs in January, the new data also show a labor market that is leaving Indigenous people behind, write Robert Maxim, Randall Akee, and Gabriel Sanchez.

Former President Trump seemed to have a chokehold over the Republican Party for years, but in recent weeks, that hold appears to be wavering. Elaine Kamarck highlights three major developments to keep an eye on as the midterm election cycle starts heating up.

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On the latest episode of Dollar & Sense, Donald Kohn joins David Dollar to explore a range of issues on inflation in America, including how the COVID-19 pandemic and the macro response to it have contributed to inflation, the role of monetary and fiscal policy in addressing it, and how inflation affects trade and exchange rates.

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