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The Erosion of Trust in U.S. Government Economic Data and Its Impact on Investment Strategy

AInvest
Previous comments from Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, are noted in this article about the credibility of economic data from the U.S. government.
The Erosion of Trust in U.S. Government Economic Data and Its Impact on Investment Strategy

Wage growth is doing something odd in 2025 — the last time it happened was around the Great Recession

CNBC
“We only tend to see it around other times when the labor market has been weak,” said Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor, about a recent trend of wages increasing more for job stayers than for job switchers.
Wage growth is doing something odd in 2025 — the last time it happened was around the Great Recession

Tesla shareholder group urges probe, ‘appropriate remedial action’ from Nasdaq over Elon Musk’s $29 billion pay package

Fortune
Brian Dunn, director of professional programs at the Institute for Compensation Studies at ILR, commented on the nature of executive compensation packages, describing a “fog-the-mirror grant” as one you receive “if you’re around and have enough breath left in you to fog the mirror.”
Tesla shareholder group urges probe, ‘appropriate remedial action’ from Nasdaq over Elon Musk’s $29 billion pay package