recession
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Weird Data Says This is a Recession
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Mark Sheppard is a current Economics PhD student at CUNY Graduate Center. He is an alumnus of both the Harris School of Public Policy (MPP ’21) and Georgetown University (MA ’19). He is also a former Executive Board member of the Chicago Policy Review. As the Federal Reserve raises interest…
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The Racial Wealth Gap and Recovering from Income Shocks
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The racial wealth gap in the United States is a legacy of nefarious actions and policies such as slavery, Jim Crow laws, and redlining. Based on data from the Survey of Consumer Finances in 2016, the median white family had a net worth of $188,200, nearly eight times that of…
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Avoiding Systemic Risks and Tackling Recessions: A Network Perspective
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Employing network theory to understand social and economic interactions is coming into prominence, and these authors want to understand this phenomenon.
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Using Real Time Data to Forecast Impacts of Financial Crises
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New research outlines the impact of economic crises in the Post-War Era using real time data.
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Scaling Back Quantitative Easing: Domestic Recovery at a Foreign Cost
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Federal Reserve announcements about “tapering,” or reducing the level of quantitative easing, had significant negative impacts on financial asset prices in otherwise robust emerging market economies.
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The Cost of Ignoring Labor Reform in Japan
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Economists contend that polarization in Japan’s labor force could hold back the success of Abenomics.
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Municipal CFO Series: Richard Riebeling, Nashville
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Nashville’s CFO describes how a combination of tax increases, budget cuts, and infrastructure investments has kept the city thriving
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The Education Gap: Helping Explain Unemployment Trends Across U.S. Cities
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Education gaps – the differences between cities’ supply and demand for educated workers – may explain differences in economic recovery and provide cues for future policy interventions.
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Municipal CFO Series: Natwar Gandhi, Washington, D.C.
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Washington D.C.’s CFO discusses how the District regained its AAA status and moved from deficit to surplus
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The Long Road: Austan Goolsbee on the Economic Recovery
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The former Obama economist on the path out of the recession, his ideal legislation, and why Europe is our biggest threat.
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Metro Recovery in a Global Economy
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U.S. metros, the nation’s exporters, are driving economic recovery.