Kent Smetters

Kent Smetters, faculty director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, discussed the potential costs of a two-month war.

CNN·United States· 2026-03-06

Kent Smetters, director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, estimated the minimum cost that American taxpayers could incur due to strikes against Iran at 40 billion dollars.

Kathimerini·Greece· 2026-03-04

Kent Smetters, director of the Penn-Wharton Budget Model, commented on the implications of the Supreme Court's ruling.

VnExpress – leading Vietnamese online newspaper, est. 2001·Vietnam· 2026-02-21

Kent Smetters is from the University of Pennsylvania and commented on the competitiveness of U.S. businesses under tariffs.

ABC Color – leading Paraguayan newspaper, est. 1967·Paraguay· 2025-11-04

Smetters highlighted the difficulties the Fed faces in timing interest rate changes.

CNN·United States· 2025-09-14

Kent Smetters warns that the U.S. economy will contract as a large part of the workforce is deported.

Prensa Libre – major Guatemalan newspaper, est. 1951·Guatemala· 2025-07-26

Kent Smetters, professor of business economics and public policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, said in an interview that the US economy will get smaller as you deport a lot of the workforce.

CNN·United States· 2025-07-25

Kent Smetters is a professor at Wharton who explained the differences in fiscal policy modeling.

Fox News·United States· 2025-07-03

Kent Smetters is an economist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania who expressed concern about the implications of the bill.

O Estado de S. Paulo (Estadão)·Liechtenstein· 2025-07-01

Kent Smetters of the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Wharton Budget Model said that tariffs also isolate the United States and discourage foreigners from investing in its economy.

The Globe and Mail·Canada· 2025-06-08

Kent Smetters dismissed the growth forecasts from Trump's economic advisers as unrealistic.

The Times of India·India· 2025-06-01

Kent Smetters, faculty director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, discussed the impact of the bill on lower-income people.

CNN·United States· 2025-05-24

Kent Smetters noted that the top 10% of households would receive significant tax cuts.

CNN·United States· 2025-05-21

Kent Smetters, professor of business economics and public policy at the University of Pennsylvania, noted that trade tariffs reduce net capital inflows.

CNN·United States· 2025-05-06

Kent Smetters, professor of business economics and public policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, said the US would still lose at least 1% of GDP just from the policy uncertainty.

CNN·United States· 2025-04-23

Kent Smetters expressed concerns about the potential for the U.S. economy to fall into recession this year.

VnExpress – leading Vietnamese online newspaper, est. 2001·Vietnam· 2025-03-15

Kent Smetters is a faculty director at the Penn Wharton Model who discussed the potential recession due to the trade war.

CNN·United States· 2025-03-13