Everyone is concerned about the economic recession, and the Brookings Institution has a number of its research analysts in its Metropolitan Policy Program investigating the situation. This 13-page report released in September 2009 is part of the "MetroMonitor" series, which tracks quarterly indicators of economic recession and recovery in the nation's 100 largest metropolitan areas. The good news...

A number of key policy groups and organizations have begun taking a hard look at the unemployment situation across the United States, and the subject has not escaped the attention of scholars at the Brookings Institution. Elizabeth Kneebone and Emily Garr authored this 12-page report released in July 2009, and it offers a bit of analysis on the demand for emergency and safety net services across...