CPA
ECONOMIC
RESEARCH
The CPA Economics Team is focused on research into policies that can restore broadly shared U.S. prosperity, reduce our huge trade deficit, raise U.S. economic growth rate and reduce inequality. Our work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and supported testimony to congressional committees and the International Trade Commission. In 2019, a CPA research paper on U.S. tariffs on China won the NABE’s Mennis Award as Most Outstanding Paper of the year. Our research encompasses these topics in international economics. For our recent publications, click on one of the five links below or search for a specific topic.
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RECENT WORK
VISUALIZED DATA
U.S. Faces Record Agricultural Imports, Worst Trade Deficit in History
The United States is now on pace to reach a $39 billion agricultural trade deficit in 2024 amid all-time record imports.
U.S. Manufacturing’s Shrinking Share of GDP and How to Catch Up
U.S. manufacturing has fallen from 21-25% of GDP in 1950s to about 10% today. The decline is worse than the average of first world developed countries. The result is an unbalanced economy excessively dominated by services and imports.
Currency Misalignment Monitor, October 2024
The U.S. dollar remains at about the same worldwide valuation in our latest quarterly Misalignment Monitor, continuing to create a double-digit import incentive to the great disadvantage of domestic U.S. producers.
AWARD-WINNING RESEARCH
CPA Economics Team wins Mennis Award from National Association for Business Economics for paper on China tariffs.
MEET THE TEAM
Jeff Ferry
CHIEF ECONOMIST
Jeff Ferry is Chief Economist at the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA). He is an economist, author, and former technology executive.