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Comfort Oshagbemi, Louise Sheiner
September 5, 2024
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Matt Kasman, Ross A. Hammond
September 5, 2024
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Ben Harris joins CNBC Squawk Box to discuss Vice President Kamala Harris’ economic agenda and her speech laying out plans to tackle price gouging and the U.S. housing shortage.
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Vice President and Director - Economic Studies, Director - Retirement Security Project @econ_harrisDavid Wessel joins PBS Newshour to discuss recent turbulence in the U.S. stock market, the significance of the Bank of Japan’s rate hike, and renewed fears of an economic slowdown.
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Director - The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Senior Fellow - Economic Studies @davidmwesselRichard Frank speaks with Barron’s about the Medicare drug-price negotiation process, and how companies could try to make their drugs exempt.
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Richard G. Frank
Director - Center on Health Policy, Senior Fellow - Economic StudiesLauren Bauer speaks with the New York Times about how a lack of affordable and available child care services could keep mothers from joining the workforce.
Ben Harris lays out the economic policy priorities that Vice President Kamala Harris is most likely to advocate as she campaigns for president.
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Vice President and Director - Economic Studies, Director - Retirement Security Project @econ_harrisResearch by Ben Harris and Robin Brooks on tightening sanctions on Russia’s oil fleet is cited in a story about the Treasury Department’s interest in new penalties.
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Vice President and Director - Economic Studies, Director - Retirement Security Project @econ_harrisDavid 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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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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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.
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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