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Brookings Papers on Economic Activity: Fall 2012

2013, David H. Romer and Justin Wolfers , eds.

Unemployment Projected to Rise Very Slightly to 7.8% for March

April 3, 2013, Regis Barnichon

Key Findings from "The Hidden Supply of High-Achieving, Low-Income Students"

March 21, 2013

Unemployment Projected to Decline to 7.8 Percent for February

March 5, 2013, Regis Barnichon

Steady Unemployment Rate Masks Encouraging Improvements in the Labor Market

January 4, 2013, Regis Barnichon

Labor Market Still Fragile, Unemployment Likely to Tick Back Up Next Month

December 7, 2012, Regis Barnichon

Unemployment Likely to Stay Around 7.8% for Six Months

October 5, 2012, Regis Barnichon

Is a Household Debt Overhang Holding Back Consumption?

Spring 2012, Karen Dynan

New BPEA Research on Partisanship, Poverty, Unemployment, Homebuyer Perceptions and Capital Controls

September 13, 2012, Justin Wolfers

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Brookings Papers on Economic Activity: Spring 2012

2012, David H. Romer and Justin Wolfers , eds.

Editors' Summary of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

Spring 2012, David H. Romer and Justin Wolfers

Disentangling the Channels of the 2007-2009 Recession

Spring 2012, James H. Stock and Mark W. Watson

Democratic Change in the Arab World, Past and Present

Spring 2012, Eric Chaney

The Euro's Three Crises

Spring 2012, Jay C. Shambaugh

Is a Household Debt Overhang Holding Back Consumption?

Spring 2012, Karen Dynan

Fiscal Policy in a Depressed Economy

Spring 2012, J. Bradford DeLong and Lawrence H. Summers

Macroeconomic Effects of FOMC Forward Guidance

Spring 2012, Alejandro Justiniano, Chalres L. Evans, Jeffrey R. Campbell and Jonas D.M. Fisher

Recessions and the Costs of Job Loss

Fall 2011, Steven J. Davis and Till von Wachter

Editor's Summary of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

Fall 2011, David H. Romer and Justin Wolfers

The Effects of Quantitative Easing on Interest Rates: Channels and Implications for Policy

Fall 2011, Annette Vissing-Jorgensen and Arvind Krishnamurthy

The Labor Market in the Great Recession--An Update to September 2011

Fall 2011, Aysegul Sahin, Bart Hobijn, Michael W. L. Elsby and Robert G. Valletta

Practical Monetary Policy: Examples from Sweden and the United States

Fall 2011, Lars E.O. Svensson

What Do Small Businesses Do?

Fall 2011, Benjamin Wild Pugsley and Erik Hurst

The Income- and Expenditure-Side Estimates of U.S. Output Growth--An Update to 2011Q2

Fall 2011, Jeremy J. Nalewaik

Unemployment Insurance and Job Search in the Great Recession

Fall 2011, Jesse Rothstein