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.
Phillip Levine
April 16, 2026
Janice C. Eberly, Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, Kenneth Rogoff, Jón Steinsson, Yuanchen Yang
April 16, 2026
Jessica Riedl
April 15, 2026
Nellie Liang
April 14, 2026
The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C.
Tuesday, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Jessica Riedl spoke with the New York Times about the roughly $1.5 trillion sought for the Pentagon budget next fiscal year, amounting to about 4.5 percent of the nation’s GDP.
Nellie Liang is interviewed in the New York Times on the potential for a crisis on the scale of the 2008 financial crisis.Â
Elena Patel spoke with CNBC about the “no tax on tips” deduction and how some low-income filers who don’t typically pay federal income tax won’t see big refunds.
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.Â
Research co-authored by Wendy Edelberg and Tara Watson on recent immigration declines heavily informed coverage in The Atlantic.Â
Aviva Aron-Dine shares her perspective on the politics of health care subsidies during the government shutdown.Â
David Wessel appears on PBS Newshour to discuss the September Federal Open Markets Committee meeting.Â
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. WosiÅ„ska joins NPR’s Planet Money to discuss the popularity of weight-loss drugs and their impact on the pharmaceutical industry.
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.
2026
Thursday, 1:00 pm - 5:15 pm EDT
Friday, 9:00 am - 1:15 pm EDT