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The U.S. economic recovery from the recession remains fragile amid weak job creation and persistently high rates of long-term unemployment. An anemic housing market, mounting U.S. government debt, and instability abroad all threaten to slow economic growth. Brookings experts analyze the full array of domestic and global economic issues, in order to provide better guidance to policymakers worldwide.
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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
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.
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Renters can change the culture of a neighborhood. May 2, 2013, Alan Mallach, The Olympian
Renters can change the culture of a neighborhood.
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On May 13, Mireya Solís will speak at the American University event "ASEAN-EU Conference: Dynamics of Inter-regionalism."
On May 15, Mireya Solís will speak at an American Enterprise Institute panel discussion on Japan and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.
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Isabel V. Sawhill
Co-Director, Center on Children and Families, Budgeting for National Priorities
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies
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William A. Galston
Senior Fellow, Governance Studies
The Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in Governance Studies
Ernesto Talvi
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development
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