SPOTLIGHT: Mortgage Market

Reuters/Rick Wilking - A sign referring to the "American Dream" of home ownership sits next to one offering foreclosure assistance.
Julia B. Isaacs and Phillip Lovell, April 2008
New research from Brookings and First Focus shows that nearly two million children will be directly impacted by the mortgage crisis. When forced from their homes, children’s education is disrupted, their peer relationships crumble, and the social networks that support them are fractured.
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Mortgage Market, Housing, Cost of Living, Children & Families, U.S. Economy
Spotlight: Iraq and The Economy

Reuters/Mario Anzuoni - Shopper Barbara Armour sits by her cart at a Wal-Mart store in Santa Clarita
Martin Neil Baily, April 20, 2008
Martin Baily says that while many voters view the war in Iraq and the poor state of the economy as a cause and effect relationship, they are, in fact, two very different messes.
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Iraq, U.S. Economy
Spotlight: Economic Security

Reuters/Rebecca Cook - Truck driving school representative Joe Cistulli gives career information to Ford Motor auto assembly workers during a job fair at United Auto Workers local 600 union hall in Dearborn, Michigan.
Lael Brainard, Spring 2008
Despite profound economic changes over recent years, America’s job transition, or worker adjustment, program remains one of the weakest among advanced economies. Lael Brainard proposes fundamental changes in the nation’s programs in order to provide enhanced training and financial support to help American workers compete.
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Competitiveness, Economic Mobility, Health Care, Trade, Unemployment