The Brookings Economic Studies program provides analysis of current and emerging economic issues to promote innovative and practical policy solutions.
The Brookings Economic Studies program provides analysis of current and emerging economic issues to promote innovative and practical policy solutions. Economic Studies scholars conduct rigorous research and policy analysis and communicate their findings to inform policymakers and the public in the areas of broad-based economic growth, economic opportunity and mobility, inclusive social policy, sound monetary and fiscal policy, and climate-resilient growth.
David Wessel
December 12, 2025
David Wessel
December 12, 2025
December 11, 2025
Donald Kohn
December 11, 2025
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If your goal is to reshore manufacturing, of course that’s going to be more expensive because the reason it was offshored in the first place was because corporations wanted to lower..."
Lauren Bauer was interviewed by Axios for a story on the government shutdown’s impacts on SNAP benefits.
Research co-authored by Wendy Edelberg and Tara Watson on recent immigration declines heavily informed coverage in The Atlantic.
Aviva Aron-Dine shares her perspective on the politics of health care subsidies during the government shutdown.
David Wessel appears on PBS Newshour to discuss the September Federal Open Markets Committee meeting.
This is a kill shot at Fed independence.” – Aaron Klein, speaking to Vanity Fair on executive branch threats to fire Federal Reserve governors.
Marta E. Wosińska joins NPR’s Planet Money to discuss the popularity of weight-loss drugs and their impact on the pharmaceutical industry.
A lackey can’t get in there and just start cutting rates … You have to remember: The open markets committee is a committee. And by law, there are 12 members of that committee.”
Aviva Aron-Dine joins NPR’s Planet Money to discuss government spending.
Janet Yellen joins CNBC’s “Squawk Box” to discuss independence of the Federal Reserve, the state of the economy, and more.
The Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) is a semi-annual academic conference and journal that pairs rigorous research with real-time policy analysis to address the most urgent economic challenges of the day.
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Maurice Obstfeld
March 26, 2025
Anil K Kashyap, Jeremy C. Stein, Jonathan L. Wallen, Joshua Younger
March 26, 2025
Edward Glaeser, Joseph Gyourko
March 26, 2025