U.S. Economy

A train sits in front of houses on the banks of the Ohio River in Maysville, Kentucky, U.S., September 13, 2017. Photograph taken at N38°39.329' W83°46.168'. Photograph taken September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder - RC1FCD637E00

Forgotten Americans in the 2018 midterm elections

Isabel V. Sawhill and Fred Dews

Friday, October 26, 2018

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An economic agenda for the forgotten Americans in a divided nation

Monday, October 15, 2018

A woman and child walk past a dilapidated building in a run-down neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland March 9, 2011. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) - GM1E73A0I1C01

Why racial inequality and regional economic inequality can’t be separated

Bradley Hardy, Frederick Wherry, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

A man prepares a meal near a "help wanted" sign hanging in a restaurant window in San Francisco, California November 17, 2011. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1E7BI0Y3E01

Did the jobs report show good news?

Monday, October 8, 2018

Brookings Institution facade in Washignton, D.C.

Two Brookings economists reflect on the financial crisis and their careers

Marcus Casey, Randall Akee, and Fred Dews

Friday, September 14, 2018

Editions of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity are pictured

Bernanke on the causes of the financial crisis, questioning how we measure potential economic output, and more new research in economics

Thursday, September 13, 2018

A board at the New York Stock Exchange displays the closing numbers, October 19, 2007. Caterpillar Inc.'s warning that the housing slump was infecting the wider economy sent U.S. stocks tumbling by the most in more than two months, in a drop that was made more unnerving as it marked the 20th anniversary of the 1987 market crash. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES) - GM1DWKHAATAA

Financial panic and credit disruptions in the 2007-09 crisis

Ben S. Bernanke

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Boarded up and run down homes sit on a street in Muncie, Indiana, U.S., August 13, 2016. Picture taken August 13, 2016. TO MOVE WITH SPECIAL REPORT USA-INSECURITY/MUNCIE REUTERS/Chris Bergin - TM3EC8E1EXH01

Americans stuck on the sidelines

Isabel V. Sawhill, Andrew L. Yarrow, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 7, 2008. U.S. stocks slid on Tuesday as a sell-off in financial shares accelerated and fears mounted that the rapidly spreading credit crisis would drag the economy into recession. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES) - GM1E4A80CPY01

Wessel’s Economic Update: 5 points on the 10th anniversary of the financial crisis

Friday, September 7, 2018

A customer carries a box of lobsters that are imported from the U.S. at a seafood retailer at a fish market in Beijing, China, June 27, 2018. Picture taken June 27, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter - RC1C6923C110

Is anyone winning the US-China trade war?

David Dollar, Joseph Parilla, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, August 29, 2018