Report
World Bank
Sovereign Debt Levels andInterest Rates in EMDEs Editor’s note: This report is one chapter in the World Bank’s June 2026 Global Economic Prospects report. The chapter was authored by AEI’s Steven B. Kamin and the…
BY Steven B. Kamin + Carlos Arteta + Franz Ulrich Ruch ON 11 Jun 26
Report
American Enterprise Institute
If the administration is serious about incorporating tariffs into its trade policy and budgetary strategies, it must think more carefully about the revenue and affordability trade-offs.
BY Vincent H. Smith + Shantanu R. Kamat ON 11 Jun 26
Working Paper
AEI Foreign and Defense Policy Working Paper Series
Proponents of the Navy's new shipbuilding plan are using it to justify a historic cash infusion, arguing it is the only way to arrest the rapid decline of American naval supremacy. But throwing hundreds of billions of dollars at a broken system will not buy security.
BY Anand Toprani + Zack Cooper + John G. Ferrari ON 8 Jun 26
Report
American Enterprise Institute
April 2026’s preliminary YoY HPA was 0.8% the lowest level of the series, down from 1.5% in March 2025 and 2.8% in April 2025.
BY Edward J. Pinto + Tobias Peter ON 2 Jun 26
Report
American Enterprise Institute
The median and average age for first-time buyers obtaining mortgage loans in Quarter 1:26 (33 and 36.2 years) was down 1 year and 0.6 year respectively from Quarter 1:25 (34 and 36.8 years). There has been a modest decline since 2000 when the median and average ages for first-time buyers stood at 35 and 37.9 years respectively.
BY Edward J. Pinto + Joseph S. Tracy + Donghoon Lee ON 2 Jun 26
Report
2026: the year of “Starter Homes” and “Small Lot, Small Lot, Small Lot.” To date during the 2026 state legislative year: Total projected extra homes for enacted, passed, or pending bills having alignment with the…
BY Edward J. Pinto ON 2 Jun 26
Report
American Enterprise Institute
American education lacks a reliable bridge between research and scale—one that moves proven tools to millions of students and keeps unproven ones out of schools.
BY Mark Schneider + Auditi Chakravarty ON 1 Jun 26
Working Paper
AEI Foreign and Defense Policy Working Paper Series
Plummeting fertility rates across both rich and poor regions have shattered long-held demographic assumptions of stabilization, hurtling the planet toward an imminent population peak and a terra incognita of prolonged, indefinite depopulation.
BY Nicholas Eberstadt + Patrick Norrick ON 29 May 26
Report
This study presents evidence that in many markets policy-induced costs and local feasibility barriers act as the primary constraint on new housing production and are more binding than capital availability alone, regardless of whether financial conditions are tighter or looser.
BY Tobias Peter + Edward J. Pinto ON 28 May 26
