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Stevenson on why it is hard for wages to keep up with inflation

Jun 1, 2026 Marketplace
A lack of job mobility is contributing to wages lagging inflation, comparing the times to 2021 and 2022, when, "the number of job openings swamped the number of people looking to change jobs. Basically anybody who wanted to change jobs could."
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Stevenson addresses women's job gains

Apr 12, 2026 NPR
Ford School economics professor Betsey Stevenson says men are more likely than women to have an identity tied to a particular occupation, making it harder for them to find work outside that field, much less in one dominated by women.
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Stevenson on inflation and interest rates

Oct 26, 2025 Bloomberg
Ford School Professor Betsey Stevenson commented on inflation and interest rates on Bloomberg TV: I think that if we didn't have the softening of the labor markets, there wouldn't be much of an argument to cut rates at all, given the inflationary pre...
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Should we earn dividend's from data? - Stevenson

Oct 21, 2025 On with Kara Swisher
Ford School economist Betsey Stevenson made the case for an AI dividend on the podcast, "On with Kara Swisher."  Stevenson presented her idea that would allow consumers to receive dividends for engaging with companies that use our data. She stated, “...
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Stevenson on how government shutdown impacts jobs data reporting

Sep 29, 2025 The Washington Post
Betsey Stevenson, who was the Labor Department’s chief economist from 2010 to 2011 and is now at the University of Michigan, said this week’s jobs figures would typically be wrapped up earlier in the week and could presumably get out the door. But da...
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Stevenson comments on widening gender wage gap

Sep 11, 2025 Marketplace
“We end up in this really difficult spiral where women are paid less than men, so it makes sense for them to be the one to leave work early to pick the kid up from day care,” Stevenson said.  She added that access to affordable childcare and flexible...
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Potential cause of slow job market hard to assess - Stevenson

Jul 7, 2025 The New York Times
“The Fed is in a challenging position,” said Betsey Stevenson, a former chief economist at the Labor Department who is now a professor at the University of Michigan. “They need to be really careful that what they’re seeing is actually weak labor dema...
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Stevenson widely quoted on Trump tariff policies

Apr 25, 2025
Ford School professor Betsey Stevenson has been widely sought for her insights, and concerns, about the implications of the Trump administration's proposed tariffs. Here are some of the notes Stevenson has shared with news outlets over the past few w...
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Stevenson says stock market uncertainty may not cause mass layoffs

Apr 17, 2025 Marketplace
As the stock market faces shocks and falls from Trump's tariff policy, Marketplace has turned to the Ford School's Betsey Stevenson for an explanation of what this could mean for American workers. Stevenson told the network, “Layoffs are not the firs...
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Stevenson predicts Fed chair to reassure financial markets

Apr 16, 2025 Bloomberg
Reflecting on recent stock market instability, the Ford School's Betsey Stevenson told Bloomberg in an interview that, "I do think that he [Jerome Powell, Federal Reserve chairman] is going to reassure financial markets that we have a strong and soli...
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The Fed might not know how to respond to Trump's tariffs - Stevenson

Apr 7, 2025 Bloomberg
Bloomberg Network spoke with the Ford School's Betsey Stevenson in pursuit of an estimate for what the Fed will do in response to Trump's recently implemented tariff policies. Stevenson stated, "There is clearly an inflation risk, and we know that th...
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Trumps tariffs do not support American production, Stevenson claims

Apr 7, 2025 Channel 4
"What we’re seeing is not targeted tariffs that are trying to help support certain aspects of American industry. This is across the board tariffs," said Bestsey Stevenson, professor at the Ford School. In a debate with an ex-campaign aide for Preside...
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Stevenson says US labor market is softening

Mar 18, 2025 Bloomberg
The Ford School's Betsey Stevenson recently spoke with Bloomberg about the outlook for the U.S. labor market. Following a strong positive trend over the past few months, the labor market is now anticipated to soften with more people expected to face ...
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Stevenson: government spending should be included in GDP

Mar 11, 2025 Planet Money
As the commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, pushes for cutting government spending from GDP calculations, alarms have been raised for the Ford School's Betsey Stevenson. Stevenson told Planet Money in a discussion about the GDP and government work tha...
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Stevenson's perspective on Trump's tariffs

Mar 11, 2025 Yahoo! Finance
Following President Trump's recently imposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico, the Ford School's Betsey Stevenson spoke with Yahoo! Finance to discuss her view on the policy. Stevenson argued, "Not trading with your neighbors is not a recipe for higher e...
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