Commentary
I have been quoted in leading media outlets including the New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters, The Economist, and NPR. A full list of recent press quotes and media mentions is available here.
WRITTEN COMMENTARY
“Reclaiming a Policy Role for Economists.” Finance & Development Magazine, International Monetary Fund, June 2025. Available here.
“Policy Shocks and Rising Uncertainty Are Weakening the Global Outlook.” Peterson Institute for International Economics Realtime Economic Issues Watch, April 15, 2025. Available here.
“Don’t Look to Efficiency for Big Deficit Reductions,” with Douglas Elmendorf. Harvard Kennedy School, January 15, 2025. Available here.
“Understanding and Addressing Trends in Racial Disparities in Retirement Security,” with Doug Elmendorf. RetireSecure Blog, Wharton Pension Research Council, January 7, 2025. Available here.
“PIIE Projects Continued Economic Expansion as Inflation Falls, but US Election Uncertainty Looms.” Peterson Institute for International Economics Realtime Economic Issues Watch, October 15, 2024. Available here.
“PIIE Projects Continued Global Economic Growth in 2024 amid Lingering Inflation Concerns.” Peterson Institute for International Economics Realtime Economic Issues Watch, April 9, 2024. Available here.
“Addressing Rising U.S. Debt,” EconoFact, November 15, 2023. Available here.
“PIIE Projects Global Economy Poised for Soft Landing,” Peterson Institute for International Economics Realtime Economic Issues Watch, September 26, 2023. Available here.
“Persistent Inflation, Banking Turmoil Cloud Global Economic Outlook,” Peterson Institute for International Economics Realtime Economic Issues Watch, March 28, 2023. Available here.
“US Job and Wage Growth Beat Expectations, Making the Fed's Job Harder,” with Wilson Powell III, Peterson Institute for International Economics Realtime Economic Issues Watch, December 2022. Available here.
“Comment on ‘How to Think about Finance’ by Atif Mian,” in Leveraged: The New Economics of Debt and Financial Fragility, ed. Moritz Schularick. Chicago: University of Chicago Press (2022) 27-31.
“Job Growth Has Slowed but the US Labor Market Is Still Tight,” with Wilson Powell III, Peterson Institute for International Economics Realtime Economic Issues Watch, October 2022. Available here.
“High Inflation Makes for a Hard Road Ahead.” Peterson Institute for International Economics Realtime Economic Issues Watch, October 2022. Available here.
“High Inflation and Fiscal Policy.” Peter G. Peterson Foundation Expert Views on Inflation, Interest, and the National Debt. September 2022. Available here.
“No Sign of Inflation Relief in July US Jobs Report,” with Wilson Powell III, Peterson Institute for International Economics Realtime Economic Issues Watch, August 2022. Available here.
“Strong US Jobs Report for May Should Not Change Fed Plans,” with Wilson Powell III, Peterson Institute for International Economics Realtime Economic Issues Watch, June 2022. Available here.
“Economic Prospects Call for High Inflation and Slowing Global Growth,” Peterson Institute for International Economics Realtime Economic Issues Watch, April 2022. Available here.
“US Employment and Wages Are Rising Briskly Amid Strong Labor Demand,” with Wilson Powell III, Peterson Institute for International Economics Realtime Economic Issues Watch, April 2022. Available here..
“What is Needed to Tame U.S. Inflation?” Peterson Institute for International Economics Realtime Economic Issues Watch, March 2022. Available here.
US Employment Jumped in January Despite Omicron Wave,” with Wilson Powell III, Peterson Institute for International Economics Realtime Economic Issues Watch, February 2022. Available here.
“Fostering Academic Research on U.S. Economic Impact Payments that Goes Beyond the Marginal Propensity to Consume,” Washington Center for Equitable Growth, January 2022. Available here.
“Family Wealth as an Engine for Macroeconomic Growth,” with Abigail Wozniak, in The Future of Building Wealth: Brief Essays on the Best Ideas to Build Wealth—for Everyone, eds. Ray Boshara and Ida Rademacher. Washington, DC: The Aspen Institute, 2021. Available here.
“Global Recovery Remains on Track Despite Delta Variant and Supply Chain Bottlenecks,” Peterson Institute for International Economics Realtime Economic Issues Watch, October 2021. Available here.
“Global Economy Poised to Expand faster, Buoyed by Vaccinations,” Peterson Institute for International Economics Realtime Economic Issues Watch, April 2021. Available here.
“Strengthening the U.S. Economy to Foster Rebuilding and Recovery,” Peterson Institute for International Economics Series on Rebuilding the Global Economy, October 2020. Available here.
“Helping Homeowners during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from the Great Recession,” with Jane Dokko and Gene Amromin, Chicago Fed Letter, June 2020. Available here.
“The Federal Fisc,” with Doug Elmendorf,” Harvard Magazine, May-June 2020. Available here.
“What Can the Employment Report Tell Us?” with Miriam Wasserman, EconoFact, September 2, 2019. Available here.
“Forward for Recession Ready: Fiscal Policies to Stabilize the American Economy,” with Roger Altman and Robert Rubin, May 2019. Available here.
“The Unheard Nerds: How Economists Can Talk So Policymakers Will Listen,” Foreign Affairs, November/December 2018. Available here.
“Will Social Security Be There for You?” EconoFact, June 12, 2018. Available here.
“Household Debt,” Milken Institute Review, Second Quarter 2018. Available here.
“Many American Households Are Still Struggling to Build Wealth,” EconoFact, October 7, 2017. Available here.
“Prospects for Changes in U.S. Fiscal Policy and Their Effects on the U.S. Economy” in US-China Cooperation in a Changing Global Economy, Peterson Institute for International Economics Briefing 17-1.
“Household Economic Security and Public Policy,” Business Economics, July 2016. Available here.
“The Recent Homebuyer Tax Credit: Evaluation and Lessons for the Future,” with Ted Gayer and Natasha Plotkin, June 2013. Available here.
“Better Ways to Promote Saving through the Tax System” in 15 Ways to Rethink the Federal Budget, The Hamilton Project. Available here.
“Want a Stronger Economic Recovery? Encourage More Home Refinancing.” Yahoo! Finance, February 20, 2013.
“The U.S. Household Debt Overhang,” Keynote speech at the annual research conference of De Nederlandsche Bank. Available here.
“Higher Personal Saving: Who Needs It?” Yahoo! Finance, October 1, 2012.
“How Bright is the Housing Bright Spot?” Brookings Up Front Blog, September 21, 2012.
“The Household Debt Picture: Better, But Still a Drag,” Real Clear Markets, September 6, 2012.
“What’s Been Weighing on Consumption? An Overview of the Recent Experiences of Different Types of Households,” Prepared for Federal Reserve Board Academic Consultants Meeting, May 14, 2012. Available here.
“Addressing the Problems in the U.S. Housing Market,” Campaign 2012. Available here.
“How We’re Doing Amid Policy Gridlock,” Washington Post, February 12, 2012.
“Household Deleveraging in 2011: Progress, but More to Come,” Brookings Up Front Blog, December 19, 2011.
“My Path in the Policy World,” Newsletter of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession, Fall 2011. Available here.
“Can We Count on the Consumer to Lift Us Out of the Economic Doldrums?” Brookings Up Front Blog, October 28, 2011.
“Playing the HARP: A New Way Forward on Housing?” Brookings Up Front Blog, October 25, 2011.
“What Is Next for the U.S. Economy, Post-Debt Ceiling Debate?” Brookings Up Front Blog, August 2, 2011.
“Economic Growth Wanes, Again,” Brookings Up Front Blog, July 29, 2011.
“How We’re Doing: An Uneven Recovery at Home and Abroad,” with Domenico Lombardi and Alan Berube, Washington Post, May 15, 2011.
“Are Households More Prudent Now?” Fiscal Times, March 29, 2011.
“Policy Focus Needs to Shift on Foreclosures,” Fiscal Times, March 16, 2011.
“Trends: When Less is Less,” Milken Institute Quarterly Review, First Quarter, 2011.
“The Top Economic Stories of 2010,” with Gary Burtless, Alice Rivlin, Hank Aaron, Donald Kohn, Doug Elliott, and Adele Morris, Brookings Institution, December 23, 2010.
“Expect More Defaults and Foreclosures over the Next Year,” Fiscal Times, December 17, 2010.
“Needed: A Reasonable Discussion of Fed Policy,” with Donald Kohn, Financial Times, November 18, 2010.
“How We’re Doing: Uncertainty Ahead of the Midterms,” Washington Post, October 31, 2010.
“Should the Fed Make More Large-Scale Asset Purchases?” Fiscal Times, September 9, 2010.
“Even in a Stagnant Market, There Are Benefits to Homeownership,” Fiscal Times, August 27, 2010.
“The Fed Can Do More for the Economy (Part II),” Fiscal Times, August 23, 2010.
“The Fed Can Do More for the Economy (Part I),” Fiscal Times, August 20, 2010.
“Why Congress Needs to Extend Emergency Unemployment Benefits,” Fiscal Times, July 2, 2010.
“The Future of Small Business Entrepreneurship: Jobs Generator for the U.S. Economy,” with Martin Baily and Douglas Elliott, Brookings Policy Brief Series # 175, June 2010.
“How We’re Doing as Debt Fears Rise,” with Ted Gayer, Washington Post, May 23, 2010.
“The April 2010 Employment Report,” The Rundown (PBS NewsHour blog), May 7, 2010.
“What is Needed to Spur Job Creation?,” The Rundown (PBS NewsHour blog), February 5, 2010.
“The Income Rollercoaster: Rising Income Volatility and its Implications,” Pathways Magazine, Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality, Spring 2010.
“Data for an Evolving Economic and Financial System,” Survey of Current Business, vol. 90 (February 2010).
“The Status Report: Obama’s Effort to Restore Economic Confidence,” Brookings Up Front Blog, January 11, 2010.
“What to Make of Declining Household Debt Burdens,” Brookings Up Front Blog, December 22, 2009.
“Five Myths about Holiday Shopping Sprees,” Washington Post, November 29, 2009.
“How We’re Doing: What’s Blocking the Recovery,” with Alan Berube and Ted Gayer, Washington Post, November 15, 2009.
“Putting the Expected Strength of the Recovery into Historical Context,” Brookings Up Front Blog, October 30, 2009.