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‘Pretty Troubling’: Progressives Raise Concerns Over White House Comments on Spending Cuts

Lindsay Owens, executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative, wrote Thursday that Biden's remarks this week and growing talk of a deal on spending caps are "pretty troubling." Owens suggested the current negotiations are beginning to look like "2011-light," a reference to the last time the GOP used the debt ceiling as leverage to enact painful spending cuts.

May 12, 2023 Common Dreams

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Fast Federal Response to Pandemic Key to US Economic Recovery, Economists Say

Lindsay Owens, executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative, said lawmakers should take a similar approach in the future and focus on direct support to workers. “Workers are the backbone of the economy,” she said. “If our workers are home sick, we’re going to have to kick into high gear on the safety net again and the good news is we know how to do that, with student loans, the eviction moratorium, unemployment insurance, extended unemployment insurance for freelancers, child tax credits, and so on.”

May 11, 2023 Tennessee Lookout

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Debt Ceiling Meeting Between Biden, Congressional Leaders Postponed

“The president should not give into hostage-taking, and instead follow the lead of the majority of Americans who vastly prefer bringing in revenue through tax increases on the rich rather than making harmful spending cuts,” said Lindsay Owens, executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative, a left-leaning think tank.

May 11, 2023 The Washington Post

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JUNE 8-9: Leading Progressives to Lay Out Bold Economic Vision at EconCon 2023

This June 8 and 9, hundreds of leading experts, advocates, and policymakers will gather at EconCon 2023, the premier conference for progressives on the economy. Co-hosted by 14 leading progressive think tanks and influential advocacy groups, progressive leaders will come together to reflect on recent economic narrative and policy victories and chart the path forward for the progressive economic agenda.

May 11, 2023 Groundwork Collaborative

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Fed Warned to Stop ‘Needless Rate Hikes’ as Inflation Cools for 10th Straight Month

"The verdict is in: We don't have to choose between low prices and low unemployment. We can have both," said the Groundwork Collaborative's Lindsay Owens after the Labor Department released new data showing that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4.9% in April compared with the previous year—a cooler figure than analysts expected.

May 10, 2023 Common Dreams

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Three Key Takeaways from the April Inflation Report

Powell has acknowledged that Black and Hispanic workers would be impacted the most, prompting concern from progressive groups and some prominent Democrats. “The verdict is in: we don’t have to choose between low prices and low unemployment. We can have both,” Lindsay Owens, executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative, said in a statement on Wednesday’s inflation report.

May 10, 2023 The Hill

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Groundwork’s Lindsay Owens Reacts to April CPI Report

Today, the BLS released its Consumer Price Index Report, which showed inflation reached its lowest year-over-year level since May 2021. Groundwork’s Executive Director Lindsay Owens reacted to today’s inflation report with the following statement.

May 10, 2023 Groundwork Collaborative

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Groundwork’s Lindsay Owens on Growing Distrust of Fed Chair Powell

Yesterday, Gallup released a new poll that found record-low confidence in Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The poll found that only 36% said they had a “great deal” or “fair amount” of confidence in Chair Powell, the lowest level of confidence in a Fed Chair since Gallup began polling in 2001.

May 10, 2023 Groundwork Collaborative

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ICYMI: Leading Economic Experts Warn of Severe Consequences of Default

Yesterday, leading economists and experts warned of the economic consequences of default and Speaker McCarthy’s proposed legislation.

May 9, 2023 Groundwork Collaborative

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How Pundits’ Inflation Myth Crushed The Working Class

However, Lindsay Owens, executive director at the Groundwork Collaborative, testified to Sanders’ budget committee that her organization had reviewed hundreds of earnings calls, and found that corporate CEOs were actively bragging to investors that they had been able to mark up costs on goods and services far beyond the rising costs paid by the companies.

May 5, 2023 Lever News