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Why the 2009 Recovery Act Didn’t Improve the Nation's Highways
Garton, Jack; Dupor, Bill (2017)
Little of the Recovery Act's highway funds were actually spent on improving highways.
Economic Synopses , Issue 14 , Pages 1-3

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The College Wealth Divide Continues to Grow
Schularick, Moritz; Kuhn, Moritz; Bartscher, Alina K. (2020-01-17)
The college wealth premium has increased threefold since the 1970s.
Economic Synopses , Issue 1

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Fiscal Policy and COVID-19: Insights from a Quantitative Model
Faria-e-Castro, Miguel (2020-03-27)
Unemployment insurance may be the most effective way to help households right now.
Economic Synopses , Issue 8

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Two Percent Inflation Over the Next Year: Should You Take the Over or the Under?
Kliesen, Kevin L. (2021-05-19)
According to the St. Louis Fed’s price pressures measure, there’s a 61 percent probability that inflation will average more than 2.5 percent over the next 12 months.
Economic Synopses , Issue 11 , Pages 1-3

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Information and Communications Technology Spending and City Size
Rubinton, Hannah; Isaacson, Maggie (2021-04-26)
Firms in big cities are spending more on information and communications technology than firms in small cities, a likely cause of the growing economic divide between big and small U.S. cities.
Economic Synopses , Issue 7 , Pages 1-2

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Fed Intervention in the To-Be-Announced Market for Mortgage-Backed Securities
Neely, Christopher J.; Mizrach, Bruce (2020-04-25)
All the announced MBS purchases are designed to provide liquidity and facilitate trading of agency MBS during a period of disruption associated with the coronavirus.
Economic Synopses , Issue 19

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Understanding the Trade Imbalance and Employment Decline in U.S. Manufacturing
Wen, Yi; Reinbold, Brian (2018)
Economic analysis suggests that a trade war with China can neither stop the decline in American manufacturing employment nor eliminate the U.S. trade deficit, but it could significantly reduce the welfare of American consumers by making U.S. imports of Chinese goods more expensive. Moreover, it could cause the United States to lose its global leadership in free trade and globalization and facilitate China's rise as a world leader in trade and commerce. A better approach may be for policymakers to design policies that can ensure fair redistribution of the gains from free trade among American ...
Economic Synopses , Issue 15 , Pages 1-3

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Geographic Disparity in U.S. Output
Reinbold, Brian; Ravikumar, B. (2020-03-06)
A mere 81 of more than 3,000 counties produced half of total U.S. GDP in 2018.
Economic Synopses , Issue 5

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Childhood Income Volatility
Rubinton, Hannah; Isaacson, Maggie (2021-05-07)
Rising volatility in family income suggests that government efforts such as the monthly payment of the child tax credit may be appropriate.
Economic Synopses , Issue 8 , Pages 1-3

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Post-Pandemic Activity Rebounds, but Many Remain Outside the Labor Force
Jefferson, Nathan (2021-07-14)
Jobs are returning, but the pandemic has accelerated longtime trends by knocking millions of people out of the labor force.
Economic Synopses , Issue 18 , Pages 1-2

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