2024
The Brookings Economic Studies program provides analysis of current and emerging economic issues to promote innovative and practical policy solutions. Economic Studies scholars conduct rigorous research and policy analysis and communicate their findings to inform policymakers and the public in the areas of broad-based economic growth, economic opportunity and mobility, inclusive social policy, sound monetary and fiscal policy, and climate-resilient growth.
Latest research and commentary
2024
Top of the Hill, Washington DC
10:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT
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Sam Boocker, David Wessel
July 10, 2024
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Chris Miller
July 10, 2024
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July
17-182024
13th annual Municipal Finance Conference
Brookings Institution, Washington DC
9:00 am - 1:15 pm EDT
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Media Coverage
David Wessel speaks with NPR Morning Edition about former President Donald Trump’s economic proposals, including extensions of his 2017 tax cuts and new tariffs.
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David Wessel
Director - The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Senior Fellow - Economic Studies @davidmwesselA cooling economy “would reinforce their story that (interest rate) policy is restrictive.”
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Donald Kohn
Robert V. Roosa Chair in International Economics, Senior Fellow - Economic StudiesWendy Edelberg discusses the near-term economic impact of President Biden’s border policies with Politico.
Ben Harris joins Yahoo! Finance to discuss the Federal Reserve’s battle against inflation, and how the Fed’s credibility could have a bad influence on consumer behavior.
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Ben Harris
Vice President and Director - Economic Studies, Director - Retirement Security Project @econ_harrisIf Gruenberg steps down that is a major blow to the Biden administration’s financial regulatory policy through the election.”
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Aaron Klein
Miriam K. Carliner Chair - Economic Studies, Senior Fellow - Center on Regulation and Markets @AaronDKleinGetting rid of the trust fund and simply calling it a day would be perceived as Congress giving up on doing anything about the fiscal trajectory.”
Richard Frank speaks with Bloomberg Law about how a new test for mental health care parity has raised concerns of certain cost controls being eliminated.
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Richard G. Frank
Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Director - Center on Health PolicyOn NPR’s Marketplace, Loren Adler spoke about how private equity firms are changing the health care landscape.
If you’re going to TikTok or Facebook to get information about the macroeconomy, the chances are very good that it’s going to be wrong.”
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Ben Harris
Vice President and Director - Economic Studies, Director - Retirement Security Project @econ_harrisDonald Kohn appeared on American Banker’s “Buy the People” podcast to discuss the public pressures the Federal Reserve faces.
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Donald Kohn
Robert V. Roosa Chair in International Economics, Senior Fellow - Economic StudiesBrookings Papers on Economic Activity
The Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) is a semi-annual academic conference and journal that pairs rigorous research with real-time policy analysis to address the most urgent economic challenges of the day.
2024
1:00 pm - 12:45 pm EDT
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Samuel G. Hanson, Victoria Ivashina, Laura Nicolae, Jeremy C. Stein, Adi Sunderam, Daniel K. Tarullo
March 27, 2024
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Stefanie Stantcheva
March 27, 2024
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Andrew Atkeson, Stephen Kissler
March 27, 2024