Reports

Honduras: Recent Economic Performance
November 2009, Jose Antonio Cordero

IMF-Supported Macroeconomic Policies and the World Recession: A Look at Forty-One Borrowing Countries
October 2009, Mark Weisbrot, Rebecca Ray, Jake Johnston, Jose Antonio Cordero and Juan Antonio Montecino

More Budget Belt-Tightening Means More Job Losses for States
September 2009, Matt Sherman

The IMF’s Stand-by Arrangements and the Economic Downturn in Eastern Europe: The Cases of Hungary, Latvia, and Ukraine
September 2009, Jose Antonio Cordero

CBO Projects More Severe Downturn
August 2009, Dean Baker

The Alphabet Soup Explained: An Analysis of the Special Lending Facilities at the Federal Reserve
July 2009, Matt Sherman

Costa Rica During the Global Recession: Fiscal Stimulus with Tight Monetary Policy
July 2009, Jose Antonio Cordero

Update on the Ecuadorian Economy
June 2009, Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval

Paid Sick Days Don't Cause Unemployment
June 2009, John Schmitt, Hye Jin Rho, Alison Earle, and Jody Heymann

U.S. Unemployment Now As High as Europe
May 2009, John Schmitt, Hye Jin Rho, and Shawn Fremstad

The State and Local Drag on the Stimulus
May 2009, Dean Baker and Rivka Deutsch

Troubled Assets: The IMF's Latest Projections for Economic Growth in the Western Hemisphere
April 2009, David Rosnick

Empowering the IMF: Should Reform be a Requirement for Increasing the Fund’s Resources?
April 2009, Mark Weisbrot, Jose Cordero and Luis Sandoval

Is the U.S. Unemployment Rate Today Already as High as It Was in 1982?
March 2009, John Schmitt and Dean Baker

The Housing Crash Recession and the Case for a Third Stimulus
March 2009, Dean Baker

Bringing Home the Green Recovery: A User's Guide to the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
March 2009, Shawn Fremstad, Radhika Fox and Jason Walsh

Testimony of Dean Baker Before the House Financial Institutions Subcommittee of the Financial Services Committee
March 4, 2009

Inflation Experiences in Latin America, 2007-2008
February 2009, Mark Weisbrot and David Rosnick

The Chávez Administration at 10 Years: The Economy and Social Indicators
February 2009, Mark Weisbrot, Rebecca Ray and Luis Sandoval

Summary of Tax Provisions in Economic Recovery Legislation
January 2009, Shawn Fremstad

Leave No Child Behind
January 2009, Shawn Fremstad

Spending Versus Tax Cuts: Who Pays the Cost of Political Compromise?
January 2009, Dean Baker

Will Workers Survive State Budget Belt-Tightening?
December 2008, Matthew Sherman

The Benefits of a Financial Transactions Tax
December 2008, Dean Baker

The Key to Stabilizing House Prices: Bring Them Down
December 2008, Dean Baker

Oil Prices and Venezuela's Economy
November 2008, Mark Weisbrot and Rebecca Ray

Economists' Letter to Congress in Support of a New Economic Stimulus Package
November 2008

The Changing Prospects for Building Home Equity: An Updated Analysis of Rents and the Price of Housing in 100 Metropolitan Areas
October 2008, Hye Jin Rho, Danilo Pelletiere, and Dean Baker

IOUSA Not OK: An Analysis of the Deficit Disaster Story in the Film IOUSA
October 2008, Dean Baker and David Rosnick

The United States and the World: Where Are We Headed?
September 2008, Mark Weisbrot

Oil Drilling and Automobile Fuel Economy: The Relative Impact on Oil Prices
September 2008, Dean Baker and Matthew Sherman

Oil Drilling in Environmentally Sensitive Areas: The Role of the Media
September 2008, Mark Weisbrot and Nichole Szembrot

Slow-Motion Recession: What Congress Can Do to Help
July 2008, Eileen Appelbaum, Dean Baker and John Schmitt

The Housing Bubble and the Financial Crisis
May 2008, Dean Baker

The Economic Impact of a U.S. Slowdown on the Americas
March 2008, Mark Weisbrot, John Schmitt and Luis Sandoval

Subprime Rescue Plans: Backdoor Bank Bailouts
March 2008, Dean Baker

Update: The Venezuelan Economy in the Chávez Years
February 2008, Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval

What We’re In For: Projected Economic Impact of the Next Recession
January 2008, John Schmitt and Dean Baker

The Need for an Economic Stimulus Package
January 2008, Eileen Appelbaum, Dean Baker and John Schmitt

'Misunderestimating' Living Standards
January 2008, John Schmitt and David Rosnick

Trade and Inequality: The Role of Economists (Conference Presentation)
January 2008, Dean Baker

Debt Cancellation for Haiti: No Reason for Further Delays
December 2007, Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval

The Sustainability of Sterilization Policy
September 2007, Roberto Frenkel

Midsummer Meltdown: Prospects for the Stock and Housing Markets
August 2007, Dean Baker

Ten Years After: The Lasting Impact of the Asian Financial Crisis
August 2007, Mark Weisbrot

The Venezuelan Economy in the Chávez Years
July 2007, Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval

"Usable Productivity" Growth in the U.S.: An International Comparison, 1980-2005
June 2007, Dean Baker and David Rosnick

The Economic Impact of the Iraq War and Higher Military Spending
May 2007, Dean Baker

The Productivity to Paycheck Gap: What the Data Show
April 2007, Dean Baker

Behind the Gap Between Productivity and Wage Growth
February 2007, Dean Baker

2007 Housing Bubble Update: 10 Economic Indicators to Watch
February 2007, Dean Baker

Argentina: The Central Bank in the Foreign Exchange Market
February 2007, Roberto Frenkel

Dropping the Ax: Illegal Firings During Union Election Campaigns
January 2007, John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer

Recession Looms for the U.S. Economy in 2007
November 2006, Dean Baker

Increasing Inequality in the United States
November 2006, Dean Baker

Whatever Happened to the American Jobs Machine?
October 2006, John Schmitt

A Shrinking Market: Projections for U.S. Imports
July 2006, Mark Weisbrot and David Rosnick

Beyond the Conservative Nanny State: Policies to Promote Self-Sufficiency Among the Wealthy
July 2006, Dean Baker

Is the Housing Bubble Collapsing? 10 Economic Indicators to Watch
June 2006, Dean Baker

Missing Inaction: Evidence of Undercounting of Non-Workers in the Current Population Survey (CPS)
February 2006, John Schmitt and Dean Baker

Short-Term Gain for Long-Term Pain: The Real Story of Rubinomics
November 2005, Dean Baker

Will a Bursting Bubble Trouble Bernanke?: The Evidence for a Housing Bubble
November 2005, Dean Baker and David Rosnick

Is There a Housing Bubble?
September 2005, Dean Baker and David Rosnick

Taxing Exxon's Windfall From Hurricane Katrina
September 2005, Dean Baker

The Housing Bubble Fact Sheet
July 2005, Dean Baker

The Burden of Social Security Taxes and the Burden of Wage Inequality
March 2005, Dean Baker

Growing the Social Security Crisis: The Social Security Administration's Poverty Rate Projections
January 2005, Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot

Getting Mexico to Grow with NAFTA: The World Bank's Analysis
October 2004, Mark Weisbrot, David Rosnick, and Dean Baker

Going Down With the Dollar: The Cost to Developing Countries of a Declining Dollar
September 2004, Mark Weisbrot, David Rosnick, and Dean Baker

Applying Economics to Economists: Good Governance at the International Financial Institutions
July 2004, Mark Weisbrot and Dean Baker

The Current Account Deficit and the Budget Deficit: Is $600 Billion Missing?
February 2004, Dean Baker

Fool's Gold: Projections of the U.S. Import Market
January 2004, Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot

When Rivers Flow Upstream: International Capital Movements in the Era of Globalization
March 2003, Monique Morrissey and Dean Baker

Dangerous Minds: The Track Record of Economic and Financial Analysts
December 2002, Dean Baker

The Stock Market Bubble and Investing Social Security in the Stock Market
July 2002, Dean Baker

Alan Greenspan and the ECB: Different Policies, Different Results
February 2002, Dean Baker

What Happened to Argentina?
January 2002, Mark Weisbrot and Dean Baker

Stock Returns for Dummies
December 2001, Dean Baker

Money for Nothing: The Increasing Cost of Foreign Reserve Holdings to Developing Nations
November 2001, Dean Baker and Karl Walentin

The New Economy Goes Bust: What the Record Shows
October 2001, Dean Baker

Defaulting on the Social Security Trust Fund Bonds: Winners and Losers
July 2001, Dean Baker

Effective Currency Transactions Taxes: The Need to Tax Derivatives
July 2001, Dean Baker

NAIRU: Dangerous Dogma at the Fed
December 2000, Dean Baker

The Costs of the Stock Market Bubble
November 2000, Dean Baker

Double Bubble: The Implications of the Over-Valuation of the Stock Market and the Dollar
June 2000, Dean Baker

Recent Experience with International Financial Markets: Lessons for the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)
April 1999, Mark Weisbrot and Neil Watkins

A Survey of the Impacts of IMF Structural Adjustment in Africa
April 1999, Robert Naiman and Neil Watkins