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Shoppers are stressed, but some brands are raising prices anyway

“Consumers have had a really tough time sorting through the ‘tariff noise,’” said Lindsay Owens, executive director of Groundwork Collaborative, a left-leaning think tank. “They don’t know when prices are going to increase, what supply is going to be available.”

July 30, 2025 The Washington Post
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Groundwork Collaborative Names Dr. Breyon Williams As New Chief Economist

Today, Groundwork Collaborative announced Dr. Breyon Williams, Ph.D. as its new Chief Economist.

July 29, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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Trump Trade Deals Come With Few Details to Flesh Out Big Numbers

“Aside from the tariff rates, much of the recent deals consist of “vague promises with large numbers attached that don’t have any mechanisms for follow-through,” said Alex Jacquez, who served on the Biden administration’s National Economic Council. “Nobody seems to believe that these checks as written are actually going to cash.”

July 29, 2025 Bloomberg
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New Report Finds Trump Tariff Upheaval Empowers Companies to Hike Prices on Consumers

Groundwork Collaborative released a new analysis showing how President Trump’s erratic tariff policies are providing corporations with ample opportunity to hike prices on consumers.

July 29, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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ICYMI: Across the Country, Economic Experts Sound the Alarm On GOP Tax Law

Groundwork Collaborative and experts with the Economic Speakers Bureau joined more than 80 local radio and TV outlets in nearly all 50 states, meeting Americans where they are.

July 28, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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Trump’s Poll Numbers Tank As Prices Go Up

President Trump has finally lost voters on the one issue where they’ve historically trusted him: the economy.

July 25, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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Amid Delta’s AI Pricing Scheme, Groundwork Applauds Congressional Action to Crack Down on Surveillance Pricing Schemes

Groundwork Collaborative endorsed legislation introduced today by Congressman Greg Casar (D-TX) to prohibit surveillance pricing and algorithmic wage setting.

July 23, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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U.S. and EU scramble to strike a trade deal ahead of Aug. 1 deadline

"The Japan deal solidifies this pattern we've seen thus far, which is some market access relief, a commitment to purchase U.S. goods, and a slightly lower, but above the universal baseline, tariff level," Alex Jacquez, chief of policy and advocacy at Groundwork Collaborative, a public policy research firm, told CBS MoneyWatch. "The Japan deal certainly provides a framework of what [Mr. Trump] looking for," Jacquez said. "It's about accepting a baseline tariff at or above 10%, and then making purchase commitments."

July 23, 2025 CBS News
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There’s No Place Like Home: How Trump Is Making Housing Unaffordable

By all measures, Trump has failed to deliver on his campaign promise to bring down prices on day one – especially when it comes to making housing more affordable.

July 21, 2025 Groundwork Collaborative
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First-Ever Ban on Surveillance Pricing Introduced in Congress

Innovations in airline pricing, which is already broadly segmented between business and leisure travel and tied to the timing of purchases, don't typically stay there. 'The most pernicious pricing technologies come out of airlines and export to the rest of the economy,' said Lindsay Owens of Groundwork Collaborative. Owens shared Groundwork Collaborative polling data revealing that people oppose being charged different prices for the same item by 80-20.

July 20, 2025 The American Prospect
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