Politics and Media
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Shrinking the Fed’s balance sheet is easier said than done
Darrell Duffie, emeritus professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business and SIEPR senior fellow, identifies ways the Federal Reserve can trim its $6.7 trillion balance sheet.
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Most firms keep cash from tariff refunds, Fed study finds
Bloomberg covers new research by SIEPR's Nick Bloom and Steven Davis, published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, examining how companies are spending tariff refunds after the Supreme Court struck down Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs.
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The dollar's dominance is eroding
New research by SIEPR Senior Fellows Arvind Krishnamurthy and Hanno Lustig documents rising investor doubts about the U.S. dollar and Treasury bonds as safe-haven bets.
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Crypto fans say stablecoins are good for the dollar. The truth is more complicated
Bloomberg Businessweek turns to Amit Seru, SIEPR senior fellow, for insights into the likelihood that stablecoins will drive demand for U.S. Treasury bonds and, in the process, bring down interest rates.
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What's behind the big surge in US government bond yields
Bloomberg podcast, "Odd Lots," turns to Darrell Duffie, SIEPR senior fellow and presenter at the recent Jackson Hole Fed meeting, for insights into what's driving global bond yields to their highest levels since 2008 and what policymakers can and can't do to bring them back down.
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The Treasury market’s coveted status as a safe haven is fading
New research by SIEPR Senior Fellow Hanno Lustig, showing that growing doubts that U.S. Treasuries are a "safe" asset, figures prominently in the Wall Street Journal's coverage of a surprise Trump administration move to try to lower the U.S. government's borrowing costs.
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The good news and the bad news about the new housing law
SIEPR's Jared Bernstein details in a New York Times guest essay how federal agencies with limited resources, and lacking Trump administration support, can implement parts of a sweeping new law aimed at increasing supply of affordable housing.
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Who gets to choose a 'good death'?
Alvin Roth, Nobel laureate and SIEPR senior fellow, appears on Freakonomics Radio, talking about his new book, "Moral Economics," and what it says about the "repugnant" market for assisted suicide, which New York State recently legalized.
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The fired labor economist who couldn't get unemployment
SIEPR's Erika McEntarfer, former head of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, details her own failed attempt to file a claim in a NPR segment on the dysfunction in state-run unemployment insurance programs.
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The ‘assimilate or go home’ crowd could use a history lesson
A Bloomberg opinion columnist details the extensive research by SIEPR's Ran Abramitzky in challenging the latest political rhetoric around U.S. immigrants, including the claim that they don’t work hard, follow the law or integrate into American society.
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How to protect the economy from the ghosts of 1979
Kevin Warsh, confirmed last week as Federal Reserve chair, is wise to reexamine the central bank's models and overall approach as stagflation risks grow, explains SIEPR Senior Fellow John Cochrane in The Washington Post.
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The great hesitation
In a New York Times op-ed, SIEPR Senior Fellow Amit Seru warns that political dysfunction is seeping into American capitalism. Trump's erratic policies are the key reason, but Biden shares some blame, too.
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Ran Abramitzky awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
Economist Ran Abramitzky, a SIEPR senior fellow, wins a prestigious fellowship that recognizes scholars and scientists for their outstanding achievements and exceptional promise.
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When the world stops syncing
On the first anniversary of President Trump's "Liberation Day" declaration, SIEPR's Steve Davis tells Politico Magazine that one potentially lasting consequence of the breakdown in global cooperation is that U.S. companies have fewer reasons to innovate.
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Pain at the pump: What spiking gas prices mean for consumers, the US economy
A new analysis by scholars at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research into the implications of higher gas bills is making waves. Here, two of the authors explain why.
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Higher energy prices might eat your tax refund, economists say
Axios covers a new analysis by several SIEPR scholars, including Trione Director Neale Mahoney, showing that higher tax refunds promised to the typical family under the One Big Beautiful Act could be devoured by rising gas prices from the Iran war.
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Trump administration invokes emergency powers to restart oil operations off California coast
Ryan Cummings, SIEPR chief of staff, tells Politico that the Trump administration's order to restart oil drilling off the California coast won't do much to address oil supply problems and surging gas prices tied to the Iran war.
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College leaders reflect on the future of higher education
At the SIEPR Economic Summit, Stanford Provost Jenny Martinez, former President John Hennessy and other university leaders discussed the challenges and opportunities facing higher ed.
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Got data? Monitoring the US economy
At the 2026 SIEPR Economic Summit, top economists discuss the challenge of gauging ever-shifting data and their insights on the disruptions and headwinds facing the U.S. economy.
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Why Washington is hamstrung on protecting workers from AI
Erik Brynjolfsson, SIEPR senior fellow, tells Politico that politicians can't "just sit back and watch" as AI rattles workers; says he's advised lawmakers from both parties who are working on bipartisan AI legislation.
