CEPR's ongoing coverage of the economic crisis the United States is facing, in large part due to the collapse of the housing bubble.

In Focus

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's Greatest Hits

Bank Profits Are Up: Did You Hear Anyone Say "Thank You?"

Right To Rent Plan Offers Simple Solution to Foreclosure Crisis

Economists Who Make the Third Stimulus Honor Roll

The Wealth of the Baby Boom Cohorts After the Collapse of the Housing Bubble

The Tax Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Spending Versus Tax Cuts: Who Pays the Cost of Political Compromise?

Will Workers Survive State Budget Belt-Tightening?

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

Pace of Job Loss Slows Sharply, as Unemployment Edges Down

Reports

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

Cut Loose: State and Local Layoffs of Public Employees in the Current Recession
September 2009, Matt Sherman and Nathan Lane

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

Hitting Bottom? An Updated Analysis of Rents and the Price of Housing in 100 Metropolitan Areas
August 2009, Danilo Pelletiere, Hye Jin Rho, and Dean Baker

Op-Eds & Columns

The Rally Against Obamacare for the Banks
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, September 21, 2009

What Reforms Will The United States Have as a Result of This Recession?
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, September 17, 2009

The Public Plan Option and the Big Government Conservatives
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 14, 2009

Short Sellers: The Unsung Heroes of the Financial Crisis
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, September 14, 2009

Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story” Will Find a Ready Audience
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, September 10, 2009

Press Releases

New CBO Numbers Paint Grim Picture of Economy
August 25, 2009

Though Home Prices Appear to Bottom Out, Possibility of Long-Term Slump in Housing Remains
August 6, 2009

Right To Rent Plan Offers Simple Solution to Foreclosure Crisis

July 16, 2009

New Funds for IMF Approved by U.S. Senate Would Worsen Global Economic Downturn, Economists Say
May 22, 2009

State & Local Budget Shortfalls to Blunt Effect of ARRA
May 4, 2009

Other Resources

NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS): Massive Job Cuts Renew Calls for Quick Action on Stimulus, January 26, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Fresh Air (NPR): Healthcare: The Key to Economic Stimulus, January 13, 2009 (Dean Baker)

New York Times: Where the Money Is, January 12, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Bloomberg: Strauss-Kahn Recasts IMF as Protector of Safety Nets for Poor, January 8, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Democracy Now!: Obama Warns Trillion Dollar Deficit Could Lead to Extensive Government Budget Cuts, January 7, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Day to Day (National Public Radio): Dr. Doom Predicted the Economic Collapse, January 7, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC): Stimulus Stalled Until February?, January 6, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Morning Edition (NPR): Government Officials Go To "Bailout Well" Again, November 26, 2008 (Dean Baker)

The Morning Show (KPFA 94.1 FM): Obama`s New Economic Team, November 25, 2008 (Dean Baker)

NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS): Optimistic Fiscal Team Determined to Revive Economy, November 24, 2008 (Dean Baker)

The Angie Coiro Show (Green 960 AM): Discussion of the Auto Bailout, November 24, 2008 (John Schmitt)

NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS): Citigroup Averts Collapse With Government Rescue Plan, November 24, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Real News Network: The Lame Duck Economic Summit, November 14, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)

Nightly Business Report (PBS): Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson`s New Plan for the Bailout, November 12, 2008 (Dean Baker)

ABC News: Financial Finger Pointing on Capitol Hill, October 24, 2008 (Dean Baker)

CNBC: Greenspan: Prophet to Pariah, October 23, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Media Matters (WILL): Interview with Mark Weisbrot on the Credit Crisis, October 5, 2008

Real News Network: Is the Bailout Necessary?, October 1, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Democracy Now!: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Robert Scheer and Dean Baker on the Proposed $700 Billion Bailout of Wall Street, September 22, 2008