Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

Nobel Lett (R), who suffers from Prader-Willi Syndrome and is treated under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), eats a snack with his family after school in his home in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. January 17, 2018. REUTERS/Maddie McGarvey

What do I do if I lose my job-based health insurance?

Christen Linke Young

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

People cross Westlake Avenue during Friday rush hour in the South Lake Union neighborhood, home to Amazon, after the company asked employees to work from home for the rest of the month if possible in Seattle, Washington, U.S. March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

As coronavirus fuels a looming recession, which cities achieved inclusive growth in the past decade’s boom?

March 17, 2020

How does the coronavirus pandemic compare to the Great Recession, and what should fiscal policy do now?

The Fed’s actions Sunday: All in on monetary policy; partly in on liquidity support

Monday, March 16, 2020

Tashawna Green, 21, poses for a portrait with her daughter, Taishaun, 6, at her home in Queens Village, New York August 21, 2011. Green who up until recently worked 25 hours a week at Target, is on food stamps and says a good number of her colleagues are too. Green made $8.08 cents an hour working for Target. "It's a good thing that the government helps, but if employers paid enough and gave enough hours, then we wouldn't need to be on food stamps." Picture taken August 21, 2011. To match Insight USA-POVERTY-FOODSTAMPS/ REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY)

Protecting our most economically vulnerable neighbors during the COVID-19 outbreak

Camille Busette

Monday, March 16, 2020

Red sign hanging at the glass door of a shop saying: "Going out of business".

The economic policy response to COVID-19: What comes next?

Monday, March 16, 2020

A person in a surgical mask walks through the 42nd Street Subway Station as the coronavirus outbreak continued in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

How cities are helping workers and small businesses during the coronavirus crisis

Monday, March 16, 2020

A woman wearing a plastic glove holds money as she stands in a queue to buy face masks at a post office, after a shortage of masks amid the rise in confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19, in Daegu, South Korea, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

5 lessons for using universal basic income during a pandemic

Friday, March 13, 2020

A woman wears a face mask on the subway as the coronavirus outbreak continued in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Coronavirus makes it impossible to ignore the economic insecurity built into our labor market

Martha Ross and Nicole Bateman

Friday, March 13, 2020

A worker carries a garbage can while wearing a mask at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, where two of three confirmed coronavirus cases in the state had links to the long-term care facility in Kirkland, Washington, U.S. March 1, 2020. REUTERS/David Ryder

America’s inequitable housing system is completely unprepared for coronavirus

Thursday, March 12, 2020

Close-up of layoff notice or pink slip in opened envelope.

How to bolster UI in response to COVID-19

Thursday, March 12, 2020