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Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity
Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity
The Brookings Institution

The Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity connects you to cutting edge economic policy research and the renowned economists who create it. On... more

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Episodes

How will the Federal Reserve revise its monetary policy framework in 2025?

The Federal Reserve’s “Statement on Longer-Run Goals and Monetary Policy Strategy”—commonly referred to as its monetary policy framework—is composed of... more

18 Dec 2024 · 33 minutes
How will the clean energy transition affect wages?

The clean energy transition has quietly pushed ahead in recent decades, with solar and wind energy accounting for almost 15%... more

04 Dec 2024 · 18 minutes
How does Congress react to budget deficit projections?

Fiscal deficit projections are used by policymakers to understand the trajectory of U.S. debt. Between 1984 and 2003, Congress was... more

20 Nov 2024 · 21 minutes
What is the value of dynamic scoring for legislators?

When Congress considers legislation, nonpartisan agencies provide estimates of the law’s potential economic effects to policymakers, a process known as... more

06 Nov 2024 · 31 minutes
What role should sanctions play in foreign policy? The case of Russia.

Since 2022, Western nations have put a number of sanctions on Russia in response to its war in Ukraine. Policymakers... more

23 Oct 2024 · 33 minutes
What is the efficient rate of unemployment?

The full-employment rate of unemployment may seem like a contradiction, but in fact, economists have long understood that some unemployment... more

09 Oct 2024 · 26 minutes
Did behavioral changes reduce COVID-19 deaths?

As COVID-19 swept across the globe, many nations struggled to define a cohesive public health strategy to prevent the spread... more

20 Jun 2024 · 26 minutes
What should regulators do about the risks to mid-sized banks?

The failure of three mid-sized banks in March 2023—three of the four largest bank failures in history—shook financial markets and... more

06 Jun 2024 · 26 minutes
What global factors could make inflation less stable?

Most advanced economies enjoyed a long period of low, stable inflation prior to 2021, with inflation in the U.S. actually... more

23 May 2024 · 23 minutes
What do Americans think about inflation?

Many indicators suggest that the U.S. economy is thriving, yet Americans continue to have a negative overall economic outlook. Stubbornly... more

09 May 2024 · 31 minutes
Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity
How will the Federal Reserve revise its monetary policy framework in 2025?
Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity