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Old jobs, new jobs: How the labor landscape has changed two decades after trade with China opened
Lisa Camner McKay | Senior Writer, Institute
May 19, 2025
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Research Director Andrea Raffo on trade policy uncertainty, tariffs, and the flight from U.S. assets
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
April 24, 2025
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Gains from trade: Understanding the who, how, and when
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
April 16, 2025
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Under a stiff tariff, boosting the economy takes priority over inflation for a central bank
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
March 21, 2025
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A potent benefit of free trade: Insuring against alternate futures
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
February 10, 2025
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Sovereign debt, interest rates, and the odds of getting a better deal
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
September 11, 2024
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The right and wrong times to add reserves in a sovereign debt crisis
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
July 24, 2024
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How concerns about public debt harm the private sector
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
May 16, 2024
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The outsized upside of trade for low-income households
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
March 27, 2024
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Modeling the gains if central banks worked together
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
March 7, 2024
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Beef cow transposed over rows of soybeans and corn
Ag exports fell in 2023, and the Ninth District may have been hit especially hard
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
February 29, 2024
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Container ships passing by each other transposed over Chinese and American flags
Pondering trade as China fades
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
November 8, 2023
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