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The importance of locking in full employment for the long haul
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Nominal Wage Tracker
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Recommendations for creating jobs and economic security in the U.S.: Making sense of debates about full employment, public investment, and public job creation
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How new Fed Chair Jerome Powell should get ready for the next recession
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Ten actions that hurt workers during Trump’s first year: How Trump and Congress further rigged the economy in favor of the wealthy
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Against panic: The Fed should not be given permission to cause a recession in the name of inflation control
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Inequality’s drag on aggregate demand: The macroeconomic and fiscal effects of rising income shares of the rich
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Following Dr. Lisa Cook’s historic confirmation to the Federal Reserve Board, we must acknowledge the importance of Black economists for public policy and the economy
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Profits, wages, and inflation: What’s really going on
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The Biden administration’s Federal Reserve nominees are highly qualified and deserve a fair hearing
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Fiscal policy and inflation: A look at the American Rescue Plan’s impact and what it means for the Build Back Better Act
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October inflation spike is not driven by economic overheating
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The Build Back Better Act’s macroeconomic boost looks more valuable by the day
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Moral policy = Good economics: Lifting up poor and working-class people—and our whole economy
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The promise and limits of high-pressure labor markets for narrowing racial gaps
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July inflation data show the lowest monthly gain in consumer prices since February
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Inflation—sources, consequences, and appropriate policy remedies
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Different economic crisis, same mistake: The Fed cannot make up for the Republican Senate’s inaction
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We can reshore manufacturing jobs, but Trump hasn’t done it: Trade rebalancing, infrastructure, and climate investments could create 17 million good jobs and rebuild the American economy
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Recovering fully from the coronavirus shock will require large increases in federal debt—and there’s nothing wrong with that
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Debt and deficits in the coronavirus recovery: Answers to frequently asked questions
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The Fed’s crisis response: Helping corporations, yes, but mostly at the expense of financial predators
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Economic policy and COVID-19—Mitigate harm and plan for the future: A list of considerations for policymakers
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Judy Shelton’s troubling record disqualifies her as Federal Reserve governor
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The signal the unemployment rate provides can change a lot over time: EPI Macroeconomics Newsletter
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Looking for evidence of wage-led productivity growth: EPI Macroeconomics Newsletter
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EPI welcomes Fed’s rate cut
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Wage growth targets are good economics—if you get the details right: EPI Macroeconomics Newsletter
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Thinking seriously about what ‘fiscal responsibility’ should mean: Full employment and reduced inequality are the most important targets of fiscal policy
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Why is the economy so weak? Trade gets headlines, but it’s more about past Fed rate hikes and the TCJA’s waste
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Wage growth is being held back by political decisions and the Trump administration is on the wrong side of key debates
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EPI welcomes Fed rate cut
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Not just ‘no heat’ but signs of cooling: The case for FOMC rate cuts has real merit
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Focus on the boom, not the slump—The Fed’s new policy framework needs to stop cutting recoveries short: EPI Macroeconomics Newsletter
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The time to prepare for the next recession is now