Having the government-sponsored housing agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac buy $200 billion in mortgage-backed securities would reduce mortgage rates by more than 25 basis points.
Having the government-sponsored housing agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac buy $200 billion in mortgage-backed securities would measurably improve the affordability of home ownership.
Around 24 million Americans buy healthcare insurance through the marketplace established under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and, until the 31st December last year, the majority of those purchasers received a subsidy via a tax credit. But now those subsidies have been allowed to lapse. As the Wall Street Journal reported this week: Millions of […]
This US survey examines (a) Without extension of the expanded public subsidies for Affordable Care Act healthcare plans, there would be a substantial rise in the number of Americans without health insurance; (b) Losses in the health and well-being of Americans who could no longer afford health insurance in the absence of the subsidies would exceed the savings from the expiration; (c) The possible need for subsidies substantially in excess of those initially provided by the ACA indicates that other changes in the healthcare system are needed to enable broad-based access
Over the past three months, alongside the regular coverage of the Clark Center’s polls and other news, On Global Markets has been reporting on the discussions held at the Clark Center Economic Experts Conference 9/10 October. Most of those sessions were held under the Chatham House Rule. The final session of the Clark Center’s Economic […]
Throughout the second half of 2024 and for much of 2025, whenever global investors were surveyed on the biggest risks to asset prices, ‘geopolitics’ tended to come towards the top of the list. The first two weeks of 2026 have seen a US intervention in Venezuela, mass protests and threats of foreign intervention in Iran, […]
This US survey examines (a) The US intervention in Venezuela will have no measurable impact on the world oil price over the next 12 months; (b) The US intervention will lead to a substantial increase in the profitability of US energy companies over the next five years; (c) The US intervention will lead to a substantial increase in economic growth in Venezuela over the next five years
This European survey examines (a) The US intervention in Venezuela will have no measurable impact on the world oil price over the next 12 months; (b) The US intervention will lead to a substantial increase in the profitability of US energy companies over the next five years; (c) The US intervention will lead to a substantial increase in economic growth in Venezuela over the next five years
Over the past two months, alongside the regular coverage of the Clark Center’s polls and other news, On Global Markets has been 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 development of artificial intelligence (AI), in its various guises, […]
