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China is deindustrializing but has a way to go to match other upper-middle-income economies

Mary E. Lovely (PIIE)
February 26, 2021
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Inflation fears and the Biden stimulus: Look to the Korean War, not Vietnam

Joseph E. Gagnon (PIIE)

February 25, 2021
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US unemployment is at lowest level since March but remains elevated

Jason Furman (PIIE) and Wilson Powell III (Harvard Kennedy School)

February 8, 2021
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Unemployment continues to fall but workers still not returning to the labor force

Jason Furman (PIIE) and Wilson Powell III (Harvard Kennedy School)

February 5, 2021
Op-Eds

Biden’s Stimulus Should Stay the Course

Jason Furman (PIIE)
January 25, 2021
via Wall Street Journal
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2020 was a painful year for the US labor market

Jason Furman (PIIE) and Wilson Powell III (Harvard Kennedy School)

January 11, 2021
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Progress on US jobs reverses in December as labor market remains in bad shape

Jason Furman (PIIE) and Wilson Powell III (Harvard Kennedy School)

January 8, 2021
PIIE Chart

Female labor force participation has been more resilient during the pandemic in the UK than in the US

Simeon Djankov (PIIE) and Eva (Yiwen) Zhang (PIIE)

December 15, 2020
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

COVID-19 widens gender gap in labor force participation in some but not other advanced economies

Simeon Djankov (PIIE) and Eva (Yiwen) Zhang (PIIE)

December 15, 2020
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Alternative unemployment measures reveal deteriorating US labor market

Jason Furman (PIIE) and Wilson Powell III (Harvard Kennedy School)

December 4, 2020