Economic Security

Peterson Foundation President Comments on State of the Union Address

Release Date:

01/13/2016

Michael A. Peterson, President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, issued a statement on the President's State of the Union Address, emphasizing national debt must be included in the discussion of the country's long-term challenges.

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Addressing Poverty Through Digital And Financial Literacy (Capital One)

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01/07/2016

Many experts concur that two of the challenges keeping people underserved, underbanked and underemployed are a lack of digital skills and financial literacy.

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Study Reveals The Hidden Lives of America’s Poor and Middle Class (Citi and Ford Foundations)

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01/06/2016

The new barriers to economic stability and upward mobility are not trivial. Recent data show that wages are stagnant for a wide swath of earners, annual income volatility has risen markedly since the 1970s, economic mobility varies widely, wealth...

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MetLife, Deutsche Bank, Surdna, Moody’s, Pershing Square and Others Supporting Launch of Microlender Kiva NYC

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12/11/2015

The launch of Kiva NYC, a new multi-year initiative to help level the playing field for lower-income small business owners in New York City, was announced by Kiva.org and supported by many organizations.

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Pershing Square Foundation

Rockefeller Provides Capital for Start-Up Aiming to Increase Worker Savings

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12/09/2015

Rockefeller backs start-up that uses big data, electronic communication and insights from behavioral finance to nudge folks to make smarter choices.

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De Blasio Enlists New York City's Wealthy for His War on Income Inequality (Morgan Stanley)

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12/08/2015

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, who became a scourge of the wealthy with a vow to raise their taxes, has enlisted members of the financial elite, including Morgan Stanley, to advance his agenda.

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Gates and JPMorgan Back White House Outreach to 'Unbanked'

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12/03/2015

The Obama administration announced a set of public-private programs to expand financial services to the millions of low-income people in America and around the world who lack access to credit, savings accounts, and other fiscal essentials, reports...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Peterson Foundation Launches New Website to Accelerate Action on U.S. Fiscal Challenges

Release Date:

12/01/2015

Peter G. Peterson Foundation launched a new website that leverages the latest digital tools, helping to fulfill our role as a source for non-partisan information and analysis about fiscal issues and the economy.

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. Awards $1 Million Grant to The Financial Clinic to Build Financial Security for Working Poor Americans

Release Date:

11/19/2015

The Financial Clinic announced it has been awarded a $1 Million grant from JPMorgan Chase & Co. to support a multi-faceted project that will build financial security for working poor Americans in New York City, Dallas/Fort Worth and nationwide.

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Ms. & New York Women’s Foundation Join Others in $100M Pledge to Support Economic Security of Women & Families

Release Date:

11/13/2015

NYWF is a leading partner with 27 public U.S. women’s foundations in Prosperity Together. With 18 million women in poverty nationwide, and with women at the financial helm of two-thirds of U.S. families, supporting women’s economic security is more...