Economic Policy and Research by Jason Furman

Jason Furman is a professor at Harvard Kennedy School’s Economics Department and former Chair of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama. A Harvard PhD and MSc graduate from the London School of Economics, Furman participates in high-level forums such as the Peterson Institute and the Council on Foreign Relations. His economic analysis regularly appears in venues like the Wall Street Journal and Project Syndicate.

In February 2025, Furman shared an updated macroeconomic chart—tracking AI sector expansion and productivity growth—that drew attention from crypto traders and analysts. The chart’s release coincided with immediate market movement in AI-related crypto tokens: SingularityNET (AGIX) experienced a 12 percent price increase from $0.50 to $0.56, with trading volume jumping from 10 million to 15 million tokens. Fetch.ai (FET) also gained 9 percent, moving from $0.30 to $0.33 alongside volume increasing from 8 million to 12 million. Ocean Protocol (OCEAN) rose 7 percent with volume from 5 million to 7 million. These effects spread into spot volumes of BTC and ETH across major exchanges.