The Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity connects you to cutting edge economic policy research and the renowned economists who create it. On... more
The COVID-19 pandemic shone a spotlight on supply chains, with shortages in everything from baby formula to microchips. This spurred... more
Economists have long debated the potential for rising wages and prices to push each other increasingly higher, driving inflation out... more
Predictably, the rate of new business formations and business expansions at the beginning of the pandemic plummeted. But, in two... more
In an effort to quell post-pandemic inflation, the Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates eleven times since March 2022, with... more
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there was a heated debate in Germany about whether to embargo the import of... more
In their latest research in the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Anne Case and Angus Deaton show that life expectancy... more
For over 50 years, the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity has published research on urgent public policy issues by some... more
Labor force participation plummeted by more than 3 percentage points during the first two months of the COVID-19 pandemic in... more
It is widely understood that the global economy has become increasingly interconnected over the last century, with especially rapid globalization... more
The Inflation Reduction Act is the largest piece of climate legislation ever passed in the U.S. The bill's incentives will... more
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