U.S. Economy

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A general view of the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, D.C., on May 28, 2020 amid the Coronavirus pandemic. This week marked 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the United States, as outbreaks accelerated in more than a dozen states and many countries across the global south according to reports. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

The Avenue

With only 194,000 jobs added, September’s jobs report disappoints

Kristen Broady and Anthony Barr

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Up Front

Hutchins Roundup: Unemployment hysteresis, small business lending, and more

Lorena Hernandez Barcena, Manuel Alcalá Kovalski, Nasiha Salwati, and Louise Sheiner

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Young people working in coffee shop with surgical masks on.

Up Front

Has COVID disrupted the postsecondary pipeline?

Lauren Bauer, Veronica Clevenstine, Wendy Edelberg, Elisabeth Raczek, and Winnie Yee

Thursday, October 14, 2021

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Events

Only the rich can play: The story of Opportunity Zones

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

The debt limit: What if…

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

Resilience after recession: The emerging landscape for American workers and families

2:00 PM - 3:45 PM EDT

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Brookings Papers on Economic Activity: Fall 2019

Edited by Janice C. Eberly and James H. Stock

2020

Unlocking Africa’s Business Potential

By Landry Signé

2020

Equitable Land Use for Asian Infrastructure

Edited by Piyush Tiwari, Grant B. Stillman, and Naoyuki Yoshino

2020

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Experts

Martin Neil Baily

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center on Regulation and Markets

David C. John

Deputy Director - Retirement Security Project

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Senior Policy Advisor, AARP Public Policy Institute

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Barry P. Bosworth

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

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Multimedia

The Tanners Creek Generating Station, a former 1000 MW, coal-fired electrical plant, is being taken down along the Ohio River in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, U.S., September 14, 2017. The plant was shut down in 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder SEARCH "SNYDER BARGES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Podcast Episode

Industrial decline and the rise of populists in Russia, the U.S., and Britain

Fiona Hill and David Dollar

Monday, October 11, 2021

An affordable housing development is under construction in an area of Los Angeles deemed an opportunity zone. Handout photo by Martin Cuellar/SoLa Impact.

Podcast Episode

Unpacking Opportunity Zones tax havens

David Wessel and Jim Tankersley

Friday, October 8, 2021

An essential delivery worker wearing personal protective equipment in Tribeca, New York during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Podcast Episode

Why it’s harder for American workers to get ahead, and what we can do about it

Marcela Escobari and Fred Dews

Friday, August 13, 2021

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More on U.S. Economy

How Auto IRAs could soon improve retirement for millions of Americans

J. Mark Iwry and David C. John

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

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The US needs urgently to raise its macropru game

Donald Kohn

Monday, October 18, 2021

A general view of the U.S. Federal Reserve, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, September 29, 2021. Earlier this week, two high ranking members of the Federal Reserve resigned after disclosures of financial dealings, and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) declared her opposition to the re-nomination of current Fed Chair Jay Powell. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Fed should keep labor markets tight for a more inclusive economy

Anthony Barr and Kristen Broady

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Nobel winner David Card’s former students on how he bridged economics and the social sciences, created the most important 15 minutes of their day, and marked up papers with an X-Acto knife

Kristin F. Butcher and Phillip Levine

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Good enough for government work?

Clifford Winston

Monday, October 11, 2021

Hutchins Roundup: Racial disparities, the Phillips Curve, and more

Sophia Campbell, Manuel Alcalá Kovalski, Nasiha Salwati, and David Wessel

Thursday, October 7, 2021

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Reports

Only the rich can play: The story of Opportunity Zones

The debt limit: What if…

Resilience after recession: The emerging landscape for American workers and families

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center on Regulation and Markets

Deputy Director - Retirement Security Project

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Senior Policy Advisor, AARP Public Policy Institute

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies