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High Mortgage Rates are Probably Here for a While
The recent increase in mortgage rates, which has made buying a house or borrowing against home equity more expensive, in part reflects a broad increase in rates on long-term U.S. Treasury securities. ...
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Debt ceiling brinksmanship has clear negative effects on taxpayers
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Who’s Missing from the Post-Pandemic Labor Force?
An analysis backcasts census population revision in order to create a more informative point of comparison for the current size of the workforce and labor forc…
The Labor Market Needs to Soften—but Not as Much as Some Think
Two measures suggest different gaps between the current strength in the labor market and what a more sustainable level would be. This analysis finds that the r…
A Closer Look at a Hot Labor Market
In this economic analysis, we use the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to determine the degree to …
An Industrial Policy for Good Jobs
A modern approach to industrial policy must target "good-jobs externalities" and include the service sector, Dani Rodrik argues. He proposes two specific initi…
Nine Facts about the Service Sector in the United States
Nine factors about the service sector illustrate recent trends in spending, employment, and inflation as the country continues to rebalance.
A COVID-19 Labor Force Legacy: The Drop in Dual-Worker Families
When Katherine Lim and Ryan Nunn examine why some prime-aged workers are not participating in the labor force, caregiving stands out as an important factor. D…
Tracking the Robust Recovery in the Business Sector Since 2020
Defying expectations, the business sector appears to have weathered the COVID pandemic and found a renewed gear of dynamism in the process. This analysis looks…
Can a Hot but Smaller Labor Market Keep Making Gains in Participation?
An analysis of the size and composition of the labor force identifies both populations and policies that could contribute to gains in labor force participation.
