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Economic forecasting | September 2025
Measures of uncertainty don’t quite measure up
HITES AHIR
NICHOLAS BLOOM
DAVIDE FURCERI
Productivity | Podcast
Working from home was not an option for most people before March 11, 2020, when work and home life suddenly collided. Stanford University's Nicholas Bloom was studying the potential impact of remote work long before the pandemic launched it into the mainstream and now has data to suggest businesses should stick to the hybrid working model.
Productivity | September 2024
A fivefold increase in remote work since the pandemic could boost economic growth and bring wider benefits
Economic forecasting | March 2020
Our new index provides novel insights into an amorphous concept
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