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How would eliminating $0 Marketplace premiums affect insurance coverage?

Matthew Fiedler

October 8, 2025

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SNAP cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will significantly impair recession response

Lauren Bauer, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

October 8, 2025

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What is a government shutdown?

David Wessel

October 6, 2025

Rethinking manufacturing quality oversight for prescription drugs

Marta E. Wosińska

October 8, 2025

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Federal Spending

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U.S. Government & Politics Tracking federal expenditures in real time

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U.S. Economy Early warning signs for the DC region’s economy amid federal downsizing

Amy Liu, Tracy Hadden Loh, Glencora Haskins

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Housing How an infrastructure financing law can help build thousands of homes and expand transit access

Ben McAdams, Aaron Shroyer

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Federal Reserve What is the Exchange Stabilization Fund? How was it used during COVID? How may it be used for Argentina?

David Wessel

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Trade/Tariffs

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U.S. Trade Policy Tracking Trump’s tariffs and other trade actions

Joshua P. Meltzer, Dozie Ezi-Ashi

U.S. Economy How do tariffs hurt the dollar?

Janice C. Eberly, Tarek A. Hassan, Kari Heerman, Jón Steinsson

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Housing Recent tariffs threaten residential construction

Elena Patel, Robert McClelland, John Wong

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U.S. Trade Policy Is China circumventing US tariffs via Mexico and Canada?

Joshua P. Meltzer, Maricarmen Barron Esper

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Education

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Education Policy A state-level perspective on school spending and educational outcomes

Sarah Reber, Gabriela Goodman

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October 24

2025

Artificial Intelligence The importance of real skills for the AI world

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Friday, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT

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Education Access & Equity Universal school choice programs mostly benefit the wealthy unless policymakers act to prevent it

Analisa Pines, Jon Valant, Nicolas Zerbino

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Education Policy The value of a shorter forgiveness timeline for low-balance student loan borrowers

Sarah Reber, Sarah Calame

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Artificial Intelligence

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Artificial Intelligence New data show no AI jobs apocalypse—for now

Molly Kinder, Martha Gimbel, Joshua Kendall, Maddie Lee

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Technology & Information To prepare young people for the AI workplace, focus on the fundamentals

Annelies Goger, Samia Amin, Christina Yancey

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Banking & Finance Will AI democratize financial services? | The TechTank Podcast

Nicol Turner Lee, Aaron Klein

Technology Policy & Regulation Policy guardrails needed as babies around the world begin to interact with AI

Ellen Roche, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Rachel Romeo, Dana Suskind, Kris Perry

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October 14

2025

Higher Education How much is too much? Loan limits in the federal student loan program

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Tuesday, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT

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October 16

2025

Multilateral Development Organizations Updating MDB financing for digital infrastructure re-use

The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C.

Thursday, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm EDT

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October 20

2025

Geopolitics Are geopolitics leading to fragmentation of the international financial system?

The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C.

Monday, 10:00 am - 11:30 am EDT