U.S. Economy

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

A now hiring sign is seen outside Lexus of Serramonte in Colma, California, U.S., October 3, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam - RC130F2F90F0

The good and bad news about the US job market

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Demonstrators in the "Fight for $15" wage protest are joined by social justice activists at a rally in downtown San Diego, California

Raising wages and strengthening economic progress for American workers

Jared Bernstein, Jay Shambaugh, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Employees at work at an Amazon factory.

Robots aren’t taking the jobs, just the paychecks—and other new findings in economics

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Newly hired employees take a break from training to pose for a group photo at the chains soon-to-open 54th outlet in Oakland, California ,U.S., January 24, 2018. Photo taken January 24, 2018. REUTERS/Ann Saphir - RC11E2847D80

Are wages really rising for American workers?

Tuesday, February 6, 2018