On Global Markets

A weekly column written by Duncan Weldon and produced by the Clark Center for Global Markets. Each week, Weldon explores timely topics of macroeconomic importance.

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Is GDPR Working?

The regulation of Big Tech, the internet, and digital markets in general is a realm of transatlantic diversion. The last decade has seen the European Union (EU) press ahead with its General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – which brought about strict laws on data handling – and enact the Digital Markets Act, which designated some […] 
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AI and Growth

Wall Street certainly seems, despite recent wobbles, to be optimistic about the future of artificial intelligence. Despite some chaotic policymaking, the imposition of the steepest tariffs since the 1930s, a lengthy government shutdown and mounting concerns about the health of the jobs market, the benchmark S&P 500 index has advanced around 15% this year and […] 
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The Economics – and Politics – of Inflation: Part Two

Over the coming few weeks, alongside the regular coverage of the Clark Center’s polls and other news, On Global Markets will be reporting on the discussions held at the Economic Experts Conference 9/10 October. Most of those sessions were held under the Chatham House Rule. The public, as election results around the globe over the […] 
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The Economics – and Politics – of Inflation: Part One

Over the coming few weeks, alongside the regular coverage of the Clark Center’s polls and other news, On Global Markets will be reporting on the discussions held at the Economic Experts Conference 9/10 October. Most of those sessions were held under the Chatham House Rule. The 2010s feel like a long time ago. In economic […] 
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War and Sanctions

Over the coming few weeks, alongside the regular coverage of the Clark Center’s polls and other news, On Global Markets will be reporting on the discussions held at the Economic Experts Conference 9/10 October. Most of those sessions were held under the Chatham House Rule. It has been three and a half years since Russia […] 
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The State of the BLS. And Things to Watch Our For.

Over the coming few weeks, alongside the regular coverage of the Clark Center’s polls and other news, On Global Markets will be reporting on the discussions held at the Economic Experts Conference 9/10 October. Most of those sessions were held under the Chatham House Rule, but the fireside chat on the BLS was not. While […]