What Current Inflation Says about the Future, Improving Housing Markets, and More

November 17, 2021

Inflation is running higher than it has in decades. However, because the factors that are leading to inflation are pandemic-related and therefore temporary, the current trend does not forecast the future, writes Wendy Edelberg.

Poorly functioning housing markets can make it harder for companies to recruit and retain workers, increase traffic and greenhouse gas emissions, and exacerbate racial and economic segregation. To help states improve their housing markets, Jenny Schuetz outlines four broad goals and shares policy tools available to achieve them.

Five years ago, Mexican, Canadian, and American leaders embraced continental pledges to address climate change, including vows to reduce methane releases from oil and gas production by 40% to 45% from 2012 levels by 2025. Barry Rabe discusses how methane policy has changed since then and whether North America lived up to those pledges.

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