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Save to My PortfolioInflation Amidst Recession: Policy Prescriptions for Sustaining Stable Growth

Wing Thye Woo, May 14, 2008, The Brookings Institution

In response to the burst in global inflation, Wing Thye Woo provides policy recommendations on how to manage the emerging stagflation and produce sustained and stable economic growth. Read More

U.S. Economic Growth, Global Economics, Monetary Policy, Sustainable Development, Financial Markets

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioFinancial Innovation and Housing: Implications for Monetary Policy

Douglas W. Elmendorf, April 21, 2008, The Brookings Institution

By examining the IMF's World Economic Outlook, Senior Fellow Doug Elmendorf,  discusses ways in which innovations in housing finance around the world might change the way monetary policy deals with housing developments in the future. Read More

Macroeconomics, Housing, Mortgage Market, Monetary Policy

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Bear Stearns Rescue: The Fed’s Money Well Spent

Alice M. Rivlin, April 11, 2008, The New York Times

Alice Rivlin discusses why the recent rescue of Bear Stearns by the Federal Reserve, was "money well spent." The Fed's actions, she says, were aimed at "protecting the rest of the country—and indeed the world—from the possibly devastating consequences of a financial meltdown." Read More

U.S. Economy, Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve, Global Economics

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioTaking Back our Fiscal Future

April 2008, The Brookings Institution and the Heritage Foundation

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioReducing the High Costs of Being Poor

Matt Fellowes, March 08, 2008, House Committee on Financial Services

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioWeighing Alternative Policies for Tackling the Mortgage Mess

Douglas W. Elmendorf, February 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioMonetary Policy and the State of the Economy

Alice M. Rivlin, February 26, 2008, House Committee on Financial Services

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioBeyond the Stimulus Package

Isabel V. Sawhill, February 05, 2008, McClatchy Tribune

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioVoting on ‘Metro Tuesday’

Bruce Katz and David Jackson, February 04, 2008, The Hartford Courant

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Post-Stimulus Economy: Stimulate, Then Be Patient

Jason Furman, February 01, 2008, Los Angeles Times

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioWhat Can We Blame?: Stimulus Doesn't Stop Adjustment

Jason Furman, January 31, 2008, Los Angeles Times

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Need for a Stimulus Package Now

Alice M. Rivlin, January 29, 2008, House Budget Committee

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioIn the Shadow of Fiscal Policy

Douglas W. Elmendorf and Vincent Reinhart, January 29, 2008, The Wall Street Journal Blog

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioWhere's That Stimulus Money?: Fast-Acting Fiscal Stimulus

Jason Furman, January 29, 2008, Los Angeles Times

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioAfter the Stimulus

Alan Berube, January 29, 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioRecession Prevention: Keynes Was Right

Jason Furman, January 28, 2008, Los Angeles Times

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioOptions for Fiscal Stimulus

Jason Furman, January 24, 2008, Senate Committee on Finance

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioWas the Fed Too Easy for Too Long?

Douglas W. Elmendorf, November 2007, The Brookings Institution

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Douglas W. Elmendorf

Douglas W. Elmendorf

Senior Fellow, Economic Studies

Doug Elmendorf, whose federal posts have included the Federal Reserve Board, U.S. Treasury Department, and Congressional Budget Office, focuses his research on macroeconomics and fiscal policy.   He is the co-editor of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity.
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Kenneth Rogoff

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Global Economy and Development

Ken Rogoff, a Harvard University economics and public policy professor, focuses on international finance and macroeconomics.
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Martin Mayer’s work focuses on banking and investments. An accomplished financial journalist, he was a columnist for the American Banker and author of dozens of books on business and financial topics.
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