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Casey, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Combat Corporate Price Gouging

Dr. Rakeen Mabud, Chief Economist and Managing Director of Policy and Research at Groundwork Collaborative, highlighted the importance of addressing corporate power dynamics that enable price gouging. The legislation, she contended, is a vital safeguard against excessive corporate profit chasing.

February 16, 2024

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New CFPB Research Sheds Light on Big Banks’ Credit Card Greedflation Practices

Big banks are charging higher interest rates on credit cards than small banks, potentially costing customers hundreds of dollars a year

February 16, 2024 Groundwork Collaborative

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‘Greedflation’ Among New Words Added to Dictionary.com

Another, "greedflation," was informed by growing evidence that has shown in recent years how rising prices are not always the result of supply chain woes or other market pressures, but can be "caused by corporate executives or boards of directors, property owners, etc., solely to increase profits that are already healthy or excessive." The dictionary's addition of the word, said economic justice think tank Groundwork Collaborative, solidifies "its place in how we understand" recent inflation.

February 15, 2024 Common Dreams

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84 Percent of Voters Say Corporate Greed Is Causing Inflation, Poll Finds

This belief is supported by evidence and expert testimony from recent years. A report from the Groundwork Collaborative found last month that, just in Q2 and Q3 of 2023, corporate profits accounted for 53 percent of all inflation, compared with 11 percent in the four decades prior to the pandemic.

February 15, 2024 Truthout

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ICYMI: “Greedflation” Added to Dictionary.com

This week, Dictionary.com added 1,700 new or updated definitions that included “mid,” “girl dinner,” and an important new word: “Greedflation.” The addition comes as new polling from Navigator Research shows that four in five people identify corporations raising prices as a cause of inflation, with three in five people deeming it a “major” cause.

February 15, 2024 Groundwork Collaborative

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Dr. Rakeen Mabud Reacts to January CPI Report

Today’s Consumer Price Index report showed that headline inflation dropped to 3.1%, while shelter inflation accounted for more than two-thirds of inflation. “The only responsible path forward is for Chair Powell to cut interest rates now.” Groundwork’s Chief Economist Dr. Rakeen Mabud states.

February 13, 2024 Groundwork Collaborative

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How the Weather is Causing Beef Prices to Go Up

The falling cattle inventory could push beef prices amid forecasts that demand may fall in 2024, and it may be thanks to the weather. For American consumers, more than 7 percent of grocery expenses go to beef, according to a February report from the think tank Groundwork Collaborative.

February 12, 2024 Newsweek

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The Fed Is Right to Be Patient on Rate Cuts

High interest rates tighten financial conditions and exacerbate the housing market’s affordability crisis. They also stifle clean-energy investments and stress household balance sheets, says Rakeen Mabud, chief economist at the Groundwork Collaborative, a progressive economic advocacy group. “It’s pretty clear to me that the Fed needs to cut rates immediately,” Mabud says, and she isn’t alone.

February 12, 2024 Barron's

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A European grocery chain is boycotting high prices. Could it happen in the US?

Food companies were quick to pass along their rising input costs to consumers, says Lindsay Owens, executive director of the progressive economic advocacy group Groundwork Collaborative. Now those costs have come down, but “they are not quick to pass along their savings,” she says.

February 12, 2024 Vox

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Rakeen Mabud on Greedflation

Rakeen Mabud is chief economist and managing director of policy and research at Groundwork Collaborative. They have new work on what’s driving grocery prices, that doesn’t involve getting mad at people using food stamps. We’ll hear from her today on the show.

February 9, 2024 FAIR Counterspin