98 Quotes by Jared Bernstein

I'm not sure this report convinces us that a recovery is underway in the labor market in any big way.

In the absence of immigrant labor, wages might be a bit higher, particularly in sectors that hire lots of low-skilled labor, which could potentially show up as slightly higher prices.

If you're a native high school dropout in this economy, you've got a slew of problems of which immigrant competition is but one, and a lesser one at that.

Clearly, Katrina hasn't shown up in the jobless claims yet, but it will, ... Next month, we're going to be looking at one of the largest one month negative spikes in the history of this series, going back to the '30s.

Home appreciation was offset by lousy wage growth and debt accumulation.

I don't see many firms that are that cash-constrained; they're customer-constrained.

However, a far larger gap exists when we compare net worth: minorities' net worth was about 27 percent of whites, about half the size of the income ratio.

The inflation bar is very high right now, ... doesn't get you over.

The economy's doing fine, except if you figure in working families. We're posting great numbers in aggregate demand, yet the lousiest on record for wage growth.