Clark Center Forum

This installment of the FTxBooth US Macroeconomists Survey discusses economists’ thoughts regarding the December 2025 FOMC meeting and the likelihood of an interest rate cut. The summary results are below and you can read the Financial Times article here, subscription required. View the results of this survey>> For social media: Please use the hashtag #FTxBooth […] 

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 […] 

This US survey examines: Adoption of artificial intelligence will lead to a substantial increase in the growth rates of real per capita income in the US and Western Europe over the next ten years 

This European survey examines (a) Adoption of artificial intelligence will lead to a substantial increase in the growth rates of real per capita income in the US and Western Europe over the next ten years; b) Adoption of artificial intelligence will lead to a substantial increase in the unemployment rates in the US and Western Europe over the next ten years 

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. While tariffs have, understandably, dominated discussion of trade policy in […] 

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 polls of the Clark Center’s various Expert Panels often […] 

This Finance survey examines: The proposed reduction in the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio (SLR) for U.S. banks, without offsetting changes to other capital or liquidity requirements, would not substantially increase systemic risk in the U.S. banking system 

This European survey examines (a) For reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, subsidies for R&D on low-carbon technologies are justified in addition to carbon pricing mechanisms like carbon taxes and cap-and-trade systems; (b) Higher subsidies for R&D on low-carbon technologies are justified by the fact that their successful deployment would not only reduce emissions in OECD countries but also reduce developing countries' emissions by encouraging them to substitute away from fossil fuels 

This US survey examines (a) Freezing the rents paid by tenants of all rent-stabilized apartments in New York for four years would substantially improve the availability of affordable housing for low- and middle-income households; (b) Freezing the rents paid by tenants of all rent-stabilized apartments in New York for four years would be a substantial deterrent to private housing investment in the city; (c) Loosening land-use regulations and other regulation-related constraints on construction in New York (with no rent freeze) would be a substantial boost to private housing investment in the city over the next ten years 

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 […]