Our PurposeMastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.Title and SummaryAssociate Economics Analyst, North America (NAM)Overview• The Mastercard Economics Institute (MEI) is an economics lab powering scale at Mastercard by owning economic thought leadership in support of Mastercard’s efforts to build a more inclusive and sustainable digital economy• MEI was launched in 2020 to analyze economic trends through the lens of the consumer to deliver tailored and actionable insights on economic issues for customers, partners and policymakers• The Institute is composed of a team of economists and data scientists that utilize & synthesize the anonymized and aggregated data from the Mastercard network together with public data to bring powerful insights to life, in the form of 1:1 presentation, global thought leadership, media participation, and commercial work through the company’s product suitesAbout the RoleWe are looking for an economic analyst to engage in on-soil data analytics and economic research for the European region. This individual will report to the Vice President, Lead Economist, NAM, and will have the following responsibilities:• Support client and stakeholder engagements for MEI across NAM• Support collaboration with external clients, academic institutions, and industry partners.• Develop and test hypotheses at the intersection of economics and retail and commerce. Assist in structuring work at the stream or small project level.• Identify creative analyses and develop proprietary diagnostic indices by analyzing large and complex datasets, including big data and macroeconomic data• Generate initial insights to help create effective,…