Mitchell Barnes

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Mitchell Barnes is a Research Analyst with The Hamilton Project. His research focuses on labor market dynamics, business competition, and economic mobility. Prior to joining the Brookings Institution, Mitchell worked in regulatory policy for Bank of America and earned the CFA designation. Mitchell holds an MA in Applied Economics from George Washington University, as well as an MA in International Business and BS in Finance from the University of Florida.

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In this analysis we offer inflation-related updates to Chapter 1 of Recession Remedies: Lessons Learned from the U.S. Economic Policy Response to COVID-19, highlighting that the service sector has replaced goods as the primary driver of inflationary pressure in recent months, and that the continued rise in inflation has led to further declines in real wages in aggregate.

A Hamilton Project analysis on how household balance sheets have evolved since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic finds that, in aggregate, households’ financial positions in 2022 are remarkedly improved relative to 2019.

In these Economic Facts, the Hamilton Project reviews recent economic data to provide context for assessing the state of the economic recovery and highlight areas that remain short of a return to normal.

Stephanie Aaronson, Mitchell Barnes, and Wendy Edelberg discuss the benefits and potential limitations of promoting a tight labor market to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in unemployment rates.

In a new framing paper, Mitchell Barnes, Lauren Bauer, Wendy Edelberg, Sara Estep, Robert Greenstein, and Moriah Macklin examine the U.S. social insurance system. They consider the social insurance system as a whole as well as its component parts, providing an overview of major federal programs in the areas of education and workforce development, health, income support, nutrition, and housing opportunity.

In a new blog, Mitchell Barnes, Mark Booth, Wendy Edelberg, and Sara Estep analyze data from the Daily Treasury Statements and examine the impact of the recession on households and business owners across the income distribution.

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