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October jobs report: Growth likely, but threats come with Fed interest increases

November 1, 2022

On Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will release employment figures for the month of October. Erica Groshen and Russell Weaver are available for interviews.

Economics and Business
Labor Relations & Human Resources
Industrial and Labor Relations

Holiday travelers should expect high costs, trying transit

November 1, 2022

Inflation has prices on the rise for holiday travel this year. Travel and hospitality experts, Christopher Anderson and Chekitan Dev are available for interviews on what to expect.

Economics and Business
School of Hotel Administration
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Thanksgiving dinner to cost ‘significantly more’ this year

November 1, 2022

Increases in food prices means Thanksgiving meals might end up being more expensive for families this year. Bradley Rickard can speak to the rise in prices and how it will hit wallets this Thanksgiving.  

Food & Agriculture
Economics and Business
Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

Cornell economist on anticipated Fed rate hike

October 31, 2022

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise rates three-quarters of a point again this week. Robert Hockett, expert in financial and monetary law and economics, is available for interviews.

Economics and Business
Law School
Law, Government & Public Policy

Meta’s lack of ad transparency contributes to political polarization

October 27, 2022

Meta was hit with a $24.7 million fine after a Washington judge found the tech giant had intentionally violated the state's campaign finance disclosure laws.

Computing & Information Sciences
science

Experts skeptical Starbucks will bargain in good faith, stalls just the start

October 26, 2022

Contract negotiations between Starbucks and union workers have already stalled. The latest issue, Starbucks refusing to resume bargaining if the union allows workers to join meetings remotely. Kate Bronfenbrenner, Cathy Creighton and Angela Cornell are available for interviews.

Labor Relations & Human Resources
Industrial and Labor Relations
Law and Policy
Law School

Electric buses can be ‘mobile batteries,’ keeping lights on when power cuts

October 26, 2022

Eilyan Bitar, professor of electrical and computing engineering, and Arthur Wheaton, transportation industries expert and director of labor studies, comment on newly announced grants from the Biden administration, awarded to school districts, to purchase electric school buses.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Law and Policy

Cornell experts available to discuss 2022 midterm elections

October 26, 2022

In less than two weeks, Americans will head to the polls for the midterm elections. The following Cornell University experts are available to discuss topics from the state of democracy to inflation and public opinion.

Law, Government & Public Policy

Expert: As Kerry presses World Bank on climate, field staff drive global lending reform

October 25, 2022

Richard T. Clark, a political scientist who studies policymaking at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and how these organizations bargain with member states, comments on global lending reform as the U.S. climate envoy presses the World Bank.

Arts and Sciences
Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Xi’s personalized, opaque rule eroding trust in Chinese economy

October 24, 2022

With the 20th National Congress of China’s Communist Party over, the country has finally reported that its third-quarter gross domestic product grew, beating expectations.

Law and Policy
Economics and Business
International Reach
International