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We've been in a very, very slow recovery now since 2009 and what we've been seeing is a very, very slow decline in the unemployment rate... increases in employment that barely keep up with the growth of the population.

May 3, 2013, William T. Dickens, Yahoo! News

Unemployment Projected to Remain at 7.6 Percent for April, But Expected to Drop Faster in Near Future

May 2, 2013, Regis Barnichon

In the Longer Run, the Short Run Matters

April 30, 2013, George L. Perry

How Much Do Americans Care About Income Inequality?

April 30, 2013, Scott Winship

Gross Domestic Product Report Has Good News and Bad News

April 26, 2013, Justin Wolfers

Discussing the Global Investment in American Jobs Act of 2013

April 18, 2013, Martin Neil Baily

The Paradox of Worker Shortages at a Time of High National Unemployment

April 10, 2013, Darrell M. West

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity: Fall 2012

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

How Much Money Are U.S. Workers Earning?

April 8, 2013, Scott Winship

Small Business, Innovation and Tax Policy: A Review

April 5, 2013, William G. Gale and Samuel Brown

Bad News in March: Tepid Job Gains and a Shrinking Workforce

April 5, 2013, Gary Burtless

Unemployment Projected to Rise Very Slightly to 7.8% for March

April 3, 2013, Regis Barnichon

Corporate Tax Reform Without Tears

March 31, 2013, Robert C. Pozen

U.S. Productivity Growth: An Optimistic Perspective

March 29, 2013, Martin Neil Baily, James M. Manyika and Shalabh Gupta

Metro Monitor - March 2013

March 28, 2013, Alec Friedhoff and Siddharth Kulkarni

Myths of Inequality and Stagnation

March 27, 2013, Scott Winship

Short-Term Congressional Budget Fixes Only Prevent Total Disaster

March 27, 2013, Bill Frenzel

Do Budget Commitments to the Old Shortchange the Young?

March 26, 2013, Gary Burtless

Addressing Long-Term Unemployment for America’s Next Generation of Workers

March 25, 2013, Elisabeth Jacobs and Joshua Bleiberg

Going Global: Boosting Metro Atlanta's Economic Future

March 20, 2013

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GCI Atlanta Rountable: Atlanta from the Air

March 20, 2013, Adie Tomer

GCI Atlanta: Greater Atlanta and the Next Economy

March 20, 2013, Bruce Katz

GCI Atlanta Roundtable: Atlanta’s Regional Export Plan

March 19, 2013, Amy Liu

The Fed's Trying To Get the Party Started, So Why All the Criticism?

March 18, 2013, George L. Perry

Tax Policy and U.S. Manufacturing in a Global Economy

March 15, 2013

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