Ben Harris
@econ_harris
Brookings VP and Director of Economic Studies. Former Assistant Treasury Secretary and Chief Economist to VP Biden. Co-author of The Retirement Challenge.
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02-11-2015 02:16:31
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In a new Brookings podcast, Stefanie Stantcheva and I discussed why high inflation hurts sentiment so much.
'There's some really asymmetric effects here,' Stefanie Stantcheva said. 'The losses from inflation are felt by many, many people.'
Listen here->brookings.edu/articles/what-…
In case you missed it, I spoke with BBC News (UK) about the Fed’s May 1 rate decision, what is driving consumer sentiment, and how inflation could impact the 2024 election outlook.
Insightful Briefing Book entry by Neale Mahoney, Ryan Cummings, and Giacomo Fraccoli quantifying negative news bias in gas prices. They looked as 1m news transcripts and found coverage ramps up when gas hits $3.50/gallon. briefingbook.info/p/bad-news-bia…
Come work with us. Brookings Econ is hiring a managing director. careers-brookings.icims.com/jobs/3439/mana…
I joined BBC News (UK) yesterday ahead of the Fed's latest interest rate decision to talk about how expectations for future rate cuts have changed so suddenly and why the path of inflation remains so murky. We also touched on why Americans are still down on the economy.
Congrats to Brookings President Cecilia Rouse for being elected to the National Academy of Sciences!
Learn more here: brookings.edu/news/brookings…
💵 'There's been a sea change in the way investors have looked at the potential for cuts'
🇺🇸🏦Ben Harris tells Ben Thompson why focus is on the language used by #USA #FederalReserve chair Jerome Powell given no #interestrate change is expected today
bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c5…
On Wednesday at the The Brookings Institution, we celebrated the brilliance and contributions of preeminent scholars--who collectively contributed 258 years of scholarship to the Institution. A heartfelt thank you to this group. brookings.edu/articles/honor…
