Focus area
Understanding how economic systems, institutions, and financial markets shape real-world outcomes.
Our research examines how changes in policy, trade, and resource availability move through the economy—and what those changes mean for households, businesses, and public institutions.
Questions guiding our research
What drives productive economies, and how are the gains distributed?
How do monetary and fiscal decisions change incentives and economic outcomes?
How do trade disruptions and geopolitical events transmit through financial systems?
Analysis Economics & Markets
About 20% of the world’s oil passes through a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman: the Strait of Hormuz. The current tension between the United States and Iran represents one of the…
