Susan M. Bryne

Economic Commentaries

• Economic Commentary

  Is Household Debt Inhibiting the Recovery?

  David Altig Susan M. Bryne Katherine Samolyk
  02.01.1992 | EC 2/1/1992
  Forecasting short-run economic activity is a tenuous business. Though all economic contractions and expansions have certain well-defined characteristics, history never completely replicates itself.
• Economic Commentary

  The Sectoral and Regional Effects of Oil Shocks: Who's over a Barrel?

  Paul Bauer Susan M. Bryne
  01.15.1991 | EC 1/15/1991
  Once again the United States has been jolted by an oil price shock. Since Iraq’s August 2 invasion of Kuwait, the cost of crude has soared as high as $41 a barrel.
• Economic Commentary

  Don't Worry, We'll Grow Out of It: An Analysis of Demographics, Consumer Spending, and Foreign Debt

  Michael F. Bryan Susan M. Bryne
  10.01.1990 | EC 10/1/1990
  Between the mid-1960s and early 1980s, the age distribution of the U.S. labor force was changed dramatically by the inrush of the baby-boom generation.