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Brookings

American  
[brook-ingz] / ˈbrʊk ɪŋz /

noun

  1. Robert Somers 1850–1932, U.S. merchant and philanthropist.

  2. a city in E South Dakota.


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"The shock and awe sent everyone on the other side reeling," William Galston, senior fellow at Brookings Institution, told AFP.

From Barron's

But sometimes the calculation can take into account the previous year’s spending if it was higher than expected, according to Matthew Fiedler, a senior fellow in economic studies for the Brookings Institution’s Center on Health Policy.

From MarketWatch

The seven-member Fed board of governors in Washington could replace any of them, though it hasn’t ever done so, David Wessel, a senior fellow at at the Brookings Institution, noted in a recent paper.

From MarketWatch

About the author: Ben Harris is vice president and director of economic studies at the Brookings Institution.

From Barron's

The Brookings Institution has found that the party of the president lost House seats in 20 of the last 22 midterm elections - going back to 1938.

From BBC