I am a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and a senior advisor at the JPMorganChase Institute.
Recently I have written about:
Slowing immigration and population growth
- As US population growth slows, we need to reset expectations for economic data, PIIE, July 2025
- No, Native-Born Employment Has Not Soared, Briefing Book, August 2025
- That reported multi-million decline in US immigrants just doesn’t add up, PIIE, August 2025
- Seeing economic data through the fog of immigration estimates, PIIE, September 2025
- New Immigration Estimates Are Not the Last Word, personal substack, September 2025
Threats to economic statistics
- Economic data face imminent threats, Slow Boring, April 2025
- The private sector can’t replace official statistics—but could be a great partner, PIIE, August 2025
- Major data revisions are coming, Slow Boring, January 2025
Cities and geographic inequality
- Cities aren’t back, Slow Boring, March 2025
- Are place-based policies targeting the wrong distressed areas?, Slow Boring, December 2024
Previously, I was the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs at the U.S. Department of Commerce in the Biden-Harris Administration, where I led economic research for the department and oversaw the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Here’s a guide to the research I found most useful while in government.
Earlier, I was the Chief Economist at Indeed, the world’s largest online jobs site, and Chief Economist and VP of Analytics at Trulia, the online real estate site. Curious what economists do at tech firms? Read this.
