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The latest jobs report shows the United States added 50,000 jobs in December 2025, and prior months revised down by a combined 76,000 jobs.
Labor market data for the past year has shown a stalling economy, and as we ring in the new year — and the newest jobs report — there’s little reason to expect a change in course.
In December, Groundwork Collaborative and Consumer Reports released a detailed study showing Instacart was varying prices for the same product, with some shoppers seeing prices that were up to 23 percent higher for the exact same products in the same store at the same time.
The difference now is that some of the voters who helped Trump win the 2024 election no longer hold him in the same regard — particularly when it comes to the economy. That’s a problem for Republicans and, as Lindsay Owens of Groundwork Collaborative put it, it’s why he’s now “throwing as many policies related to cost-of-living and corporate power out over the transom as possible.”
The letter comes after a report last month from Consumer Reports, think tank Groundwork Collaborative and media outlet More Perfect Union said Instacart had displayed pricing differences of up to 23% for the same items at the same store and at the same time, with an average difference of 13%.
Today, Groundwork Collaborative announced the addition of two Senior Fellows to its policy, advocacy, and research team.
Today, Groundwork Collaborative’s Executive Director, Lindsay Owens, participated in a roundtable discussion hosted by key members of the Senate’s Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee.
“Trump promised lower costs, but instead he’s slashing housing assistance and pushing tariffs that drive up construction costs while landlords and corporate developers jack up rents with abandon. Senate Democrats are treating the housing crisis like the emergency it is, with concrete plans to boost supply and lower payments while cracking down on landlords who price-gouge and builders who game the system," said Lindsay Owens, Executive Director, Groundwork Collaborative.
Groundwork Collaborative Chief of Policy and Advocacy Alex Jacquez discusses the US economy and the Fed. He speak with Joe Mathieu on “Balance of Power.”
This month, the think-tank the Groundwork Collaborative, Consumer Reports and the news nonprofit More Perfect Union released a report finding that Instacart had been using an AI tool to run algorithmic price experiments on shoppers around the country.