Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel says that high inflation will last until 2024 and the Fed is playing catch-up with its late response.

Fighting Inflation: Why the Fed Needs to Be More Aggressive

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.

Can the Fed Fix the Contradiction in the Housing Market?

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

Do Vaccine Lotteries Work? Maybe

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.

Is Owning a Home Today Worth the Price?

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

The Prepared Leader: A Conversation with Erika James and Lynn Perry Wooten

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.

Why Managers Aren’t Worried About Quiet Quitting

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.

How Student Loan Forgiveness Will Transform College Financing

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.

Can the CDC Repair Its Reputation?

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.

Hits and Misses of the Fed’s Inflation Strategy

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.

Why the Housing Market Is Not in Recession

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