#Brookings

Claudia Sahm

Claudia_Sahm

morning chart.in the coming months inflation will likely pick up substantially -- big fiscal packages work! even so, average inflation since last January will remain below the Fed's new 2%

Jeremie Cohen-Setton

cohensetton

Short thread: plumbing matters, US edition:1) with CARES Act, unemployment benefits should provide about $80-90bn per month in income support2) preliminary data suggest that only $45bn was distributed in April3)

Mikko Packalen

MikkoPackalen

1/ No doubt OST did a 180. Note also this:"What was really very important in each jurisdiction ... was to communicate the seriousness of this, so that people did stay

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rPyUqT7vJdXn03B

It's been said that every unity is in reality, a trinity.3 in 1A very unique trinity was created in the United States within an 8 year span:- The Federal Reserve

Zainab Usman

MssZeeUsman

The global discussion around debt relief for low-income and fragile countries during #COVID19 is gathering momentum. There are various dimensions to the current debt situation, especially for #Africa. Here’s a

Nick Bunker

nick_bunker

tl;dr: If you care about the prospects for people to get back to work, job openings aren't going to give you the full storyor,How I Learned to Stop Worrying and

Abigail Wozniak

AbigailWozniak

I share the overall view that we are in a very different place in the pandemic economy than we were in April, but a lot of people are still very

Annelies Goger

annelies_goger

Thanks, @Brendan_Duke. This topic deserves a full-on thread. There are several common misconceptions when it comes to workforce training and retraining. Breaking down some of them here. #wkdev #unemployment https://twitter.com/Brendan_Duke/

Teddy Fusaro

teddyfuse

My sense (from reading tweets, reading WSJ & NYT, watching e.g. CNN/CNBC) is that people are not grasping the severity of the economic situation we’re in (note: I’m NOT talking

Uli Volz

UliVolz

The IMF doesn't have enough firepower to deal with a crisis of global proportions. There is also a problem with traditional IMF conditionality.A few points 1/@stephanygj @KevinPGallagher @JoseA_Ocampo @elinaribakova @MarcosBuscaglia

Tim Bartik

TimBartik

Very good @nytopinion by @MattAFiedler on need for state aid:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/opinion/coronavirus-states-budgets.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage As he outlines, state budgets will be under pressure from this

Eddie "Unknown Veteran™" Fetherman

EddieFetherman

I'm trying to get my head around "The 1% Robbery" #GreatestTheftInHistoryWhat we know about the Stock Market:1) 85% of all shares owned by wealthiest 10%2) 7% of all shares owned

JAIN FAMILY INSTITUTE

jainfamilyinst

We were glad to join @aspeninst today for a convening of experts & practitioners concerned about payments delivery for the CARES Act. Some takeaways on the bill’s cash transfer program—a

Jenny Schuetz

jenny_schuetz

One reason (pretext?) why people often oppose affordable housing in their nhood: they expect it to look ugly. Like Robert Taylor Homes. To which I say, ok boomer. My 4th

Left Brain

LeftBrainQuora

A brief thread on the impact of COVID-19 on America's Black community. Speaking in the broadest possible terms, there are two dynamics at play.1. Black Americans are far more vulnerable

Shannon

Avery1776

1) Many in the swamp sit on multiple boards and it is easy to overstate connections. Some connections are deeper than others. In my opinion, THIS is one of the