private industry non profit genre think tank founded 2012 headquarters new york ny usa area served worldwide key people mark leiter chair jonathan spector vice chair louise keely president parent the conference board nielsen website www.demandinstitute.org the demand institute is a non profit think tank that focuses on understanding how consumer demand is evolving around the world . the demand institute was founded in 2012 and is jointly operated by the conference board and nielsen and is headquartered in new york city . 1 2 the demand institute s first report on consumer demand was the shifting nature of u.s. housing demand published in may 2012 . 3 in february 2014 the organization published a tale of 2000 cities how the sharp contrast between successful and struggling communities is reshaping america 4 5 the federal reserve bank of new york announced on january 13 2014 that it was launching a new survey of consumer expectations which is conducted monthly by the demand institute . 6 7 the united nations foundation joined forces with the demand institute to launch project 8 a global collaboration to help the world better anticipate the needs of 8 billion people in 2025 and beyond . 8 the program was publicly announced at dreamforce in october 2014 9 references edit conference board and nielsen launch the demand institute . bloomberg jon spector and mark leiter discuss launch of the demand institute . time magazine the demand institute says housing market recovery has officially begun . may 15 2012 . wsj u.s. housing markets face growing wealth inequality . the wall street journal . the washington post more than half of u.s. housing wealth concentrated in 10 percent of communities . federal reserve bank of new york survey provides insight into american s views on economic issues . cnbc fed survey consumers expect better credit higher health bills . un foundation features project 8 . a digital demand commons for future human needs . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the demand institute & oldid 738327674 categories non profit organizations based in new york cityorganizations established in 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 september 2016 at 07 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view