People

CFE Faculty

Robert J. Barbera
Director, CFE
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
410.516.0557
rjb46@jhu.edu
Wyman 594

Greg Duffee
Carl Christ Professor
Ph.D., Harvard
410.516.8828
duffee@jhu.edu
Wyman 552

Louis J. Maccini
Advisor, CFE
Professor emeritus
Ph.D., Northwestern

Affiliated Faculty

Laurence M. Ball
Econ. Dept. Chair
Professor
Ph.D., MIT
410.516.7605
lball@jhu.edu
Wyman 566

Olivier Jeanne
Professor
Ph.D., École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris
410.516.7604
ojeanne@jhu.edu
Wyman 582

Edi Karni
Scott and Barbara Black Professor
Ph.D., U. of Chicago
410.516.7608
karni@jhu.edu
Wyman 562

Jonathan Wright
Professor
Ph.D, Harvard
410.516.5728
wrightj@jhu.edu
Wyman 584

CFE Fellows

Kevin Heerdt
CFE fellow
B.A., USC
kheerdt1@jhu.edu
Wyman 533

Floyd Norris
CFE fellow, and former chief NYT financial correspondent
MBA, Columbia

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Commentary

China’s 2018 Economic Slowdown: Much Worse than the Official Tally

CFEGuru

05/31/2019

By Robert Barbera and Yingyao Hu Our nighttime illumination estimate for 2018 Chinese growth, 4.2%, is roughly one third weaker than the Chinese official claim of a 6.5% climb for real GDP. In December of last year we introduced a new measure for China’s real income gains. The unique aspect of our effort reflects our […]

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CFE • Commentary

Memo to the Fed: Remember 2008

Floyd Norris

04/12/2019

One thing I learned during more than 40 years as a journalist is that the power to set the terms of the debate sometimes can be decisive in determining the outcome of the debate. That could be happening now with monetary policy. By loudly demanding that the Federal Reserve lower interest rates – and announcing […]

CFE

Homeownership

Floyd Norris

02/28/2019

The housing crisis from a decade ago is fading from consciousness for many Americans. But the ill effects of it are still apparent, particularly for those who bought homes in the years from 2005 to 2007. They paid high prices, and many mortgages had ominous terms that made repayment highly unlikely. The problem is most […]

CFE Analysis • Macro

A Surprising – And Ominous? — Boom

Floyd Norris

01/11/2019

There has been much talk about the death of bricks-and-mortar retail, which traditionally hires hundreds of thousands of temporary workers in November and December for the Christmas rush. With more and more business being conducted online, it stood to reason that general merchandise stores — the Macy’s and Targets of the world — would be […]