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The Wall Street Journal: The hidden force pushing mortgage rates down
“‘The people who are really holding these financial instruments seem a lot less worried about this market,’ said Wendy Edelberg, a senior fellow in economic st…
POLITICO: States slow to opt into permanent summer meals program
“A 2020 study from The Hamilton Project, an economic policy group within the Brookings Institution, found preliminary evidence that the program meaningfully re…
Marketplace: With prices falling and incomes rising, consumers get a break in time for Christmas
“Why is income growing so much now? It’s hard to say. ‘I mean, we’re going to be debating this as economists for years to come,’ said Wendy Edelberg at the Bro…
The New York Times: As need rises, housing aid hits lowest level in nearly 25 years
“In the past 40 years, entitlements have grown 15 times as fast as discretionary programs outside of defense, Robert Greenstein of the Brookings Institution ha…
NextCity: How cities can spur the conversion of offices into greener apartments
“In a recent policy proposal, we lay out a set of criteria to identify commercial office properties that are suitable for conversion and determine that about …
Forbes: The economic impact of moms in the workforce is the next research frontier
"As Brookings reports, 'prime-age women (ages 25 to 54) have contributed most to the post-pandemic rebound in overall labor force participation.' Women with yo…
The Washington Post: Will gains from the spectacular ‘she-covery’ last?
“’Women today see themselves as ‘people who work,’’ says Brookings Institution researcher Lauren Bauer, ‘and the pandemic was not going to get them down.’”
Marketplace: House GOP threatens to defund office that studies, advocates for working women
“And the Women’s Bureau doesn’t just study those issues, noted economist Lauren Bauer with the Brookings Institution. ‘They actually do things to advance an ag…
