George Perry (American economist)

George L. Perry
Born1934 (age 89–90)
New York City
NationalityAmerican
Academic career
InstitutionThe Brookings Institution
Alma materMIT (Ph.D.)

George L. Perry is an American economist, currently a Senior Fellow emeritus at the Brookings Institution.[1] In 1970, he and Arthur Okun founded the Brookings Panel and its journal, the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA).[2] They conceived the Panel as a way to apply rigorous economic research to current economic puzzles, problems and policy issues. After Okun's death in 1980, William Brainard replaced him and Brainard and Perry ran the Panel and edited BPEA until 2007.

In his own research, Perry specializes in labor markets, inflation, fiscal and monetary policy, financial markets, and economic forecasting.[2]

  1. ^ http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/experts/p/perryg/perryg_cv.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ a b "George L. Perry". 2013-01-11.