The Federal Reserve’s fiscal policy is meant to curb inflation, but it has a countervailing effect of squeezing an already tight real estate market, according to Wharton’s Susan Wachter. She explains why home prices likely won’t come down without significant unemployment.

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Wharton’s Katy Milkman shares the lessons learned from last year’s Philly Vax Sweepstakes, a Penn-funded project designed to evaluate ways of increasing COVID-19 vaccines in the city.

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Wharton real estate professor Benjamin Keys offers a bleak forecast for home buyers, despite mortgage interest rates rising above 6% for the first time since 2008.

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Wharton Dean Erika James and Simmons University President Lynn Perry Wooten discuss their new book, ’The Prepared Leader,’ and how they found the motivation and the staying power during the pandemic to write it.

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Wharton’s Matthew Bidwell explains why employers have bigger things to worry about than employees who are quiet quitting, a phrase that describes doing the bare minimum at work.

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The proposed income-driven repayment program in the Biden Student Debt Relief Plan “could radically change how people finance college,” according to Kent Smetters, faculty director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model.

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Wharton’s Ingrid Nembhard evaluates the Centers for Disease Control’s plan to reorganize the agency and regain public trust following two years of pandemic confusion.

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Early actions by the Fed averted a financial crisis following the pandemic, but its later policies enabled an acceleration of inflation, according to Wharton’s Richard Herring.

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Housing sales are falling in response to rising interest rates, but the real estate market is not in a recession, according to Wharton’s Fernando Ferreira. He explains why the persistent lack of supply will continue to put pressure on homebuyers.

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The proposed new taxes on share buybacks and book income are based on conceptual misunderstandings and will hurt investment, according to Wharton’s Jennifer Blouin.

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