Labor Policy & Unemployment

Key economic policy developments in 2022 and what to expect in 2023

Wendy Edelberg, Richard G. Frank, Aaron Klein, Sanjay Patnaik, and David Wessel

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

FILE PHOTO: A "Now hiring" sign is displayed on the window of an IN-N-OUT fast food restaurant in Encinitas, California, U.S., May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo/File Photo

How bad will the economy get before inflation gets better?

Laurence Ball, David Wessel, Janice C. Eberly, and James Stock

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Julie De Leon and her cat Lily look at the computer as Julie works from her home Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, in De Pere, Wis.Secondary Gpg Julie De Leon 111921 0005

What does more remote work mean for workers and the economy?

Steven J. Davis, Stephanie Aaronson, Janice C. Eberly, and James Stock

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

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How effective was aid to business during COVID-19?

Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Ben Iverson, and David Wessel

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

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How did expanded Unemployment Insurance affect the COVID-19 economy?

Fiona Greig, Pascal Noel, and David Wessel

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

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What should we learn from the economic policy response to COVID-19?

Wendy Edelberg, Jason Furman, and David Wessel

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Sprawled out on Second Avenue behind his truck, a FEDEX worker sorts out packages to be delivered on Christmas Eve, New York, NY, December 24, 2020. With a resurgence in COVID-19 infections, package shipping services such as FEDEX, UPS and the USPS are expecting to deliver a record number of packages for 2020. (Photo by Anthony Behar/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

How workers got left behind in the pandemic while shareholder wealth soared

Molly Kinder and David Dollar

Monday, May 16, 2022

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Introducing Recession Remedies, a podcast about lessons learned from the economic policy response to COVID-19

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

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Lessons learned from expanded unemployment insurance during COVID-19

Peter Ganong, Fiona Greig, Pascal Noel, Daniel M. Sullivan, and Joseph Vavra

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

An employee of online retailer Jumia sorts packages for delivery at the company's warehouse in Lagos February 16, 2015. The growth of Africa's middle class has created demand for products that conventional retail struggles to satisfy due to a shortage of malls and grinding traffic in many cities that deters shoppers. The sector is still in its infancy. The internet's contribution to Africa's gross domestic product stood at 1.1 percent in 2013, much lower than other emerging markets. But this could rise to 10 percent, or $300 billion, by 2025, according to a report by consultants McKinsey's & Company. REUTERS/Joe Penney (NIGERIA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT)

Lessons from Lagos state in addressing youth unemployment

Tejumola Abisoye and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, March 16, 2022