Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

How can Congress best help state and local governments?

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

People walk past a sign while wearing masks to prevent contracting and spreading novel coronavirus in San Francisco, California, United States on January 3, 2021. California has implemented shelter-in-place order to encourage people to stay home during the winter holiday to counter the surge of the coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the global pandemic. U.S. confirmed cases has surpassed 20 millions on the first day of 2021. (Photo by Yichuan Cao/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

The top economic issues in 2021

Stephanie Aaronson, Wendy Edelberg, and Fred Dews

Friday, January 8, 2021

Lima, Peru - February 16 2019: Female worker at bakery selling bread at street market called bioferia in parque reducto, Miraflores

COVID-19 in the Americas: North-South differences and the labor market channel

Marcela Escobari and Eduardo Levy Yeyati

Thursday, January 7, 2021

Global network

Let the great transition begin

Zia Khan and John McArthur

Thursday, January 7, 2021

Why Black America needs a Tech New Deal

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

Ohio State House, in Columbus. The Ohio Statehouse is the state capitol building and seat of government for the U.S. state of Ohio

Why is state and local employment falling faster than revenues?

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Image: US flag, dollar bill, COVID-19 relief check

Does the latest COVID relief bill do enough?

William G. Gale and Adrianna Pita

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Walmart employee

Amazon and Walmart have raked in billions in additional profits during the pandemic, and shared almost none of it with their workers

Molly Kinder and Laura Stateler

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

People standing in line for the grocery store with surgical masks on.

How misinformation is distorting COVID policies and behaviors

Jonathan Rothwell and Sonal Desai

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

People wearing protective masks walk as snow begins to fall in Times Square during a Nor'easter, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 16, 2020. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon

COVID-19, economic mobility, racial justice, and the middle class

Ashleigh Maciolek

Monday, December 21, 2020