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Housing prices would need to fall about 30% before basic affordability returns to most U.S. cities. Experts say mortgage rates must drop to around 4.4% for a typical home to fit within the affordability rule of 30% of median income. …
Social Security is heading straight into a wall. The trust fund is expected to run out by 2033. That means automatic cuts will hit over 60 million Americans if Congress doesn’t act. The Social Security Trustees report says benefits will …
Diners are still coming in. But they are tipping less. Not out of rudeness. Out of strain. Square data shows the average tip at sit-down restaurants dropped to 14.99% in Q2 2025. That is down from 15.4% in 2024. Toast …
by confoundedinterest17 DOGE is working: in Q1, US debt funding needs were $2BN less than the Treasury forecast in February, and in Q2 the Treasury is expected to need $53 billion less than it forecast 3 months ago. The result?
Tide maker Procter & Gamble said this week that its customers were doing fewer loads of laundry to save money on detergent, the latest sign of a consumer pullback amid economic anxiety caused by trade-war talk and volatile markets. Elsewhere, …
🚨 RFK JR: “An American teenager today has less testosterone than a 68 year old man … because testosterone levels have dropped 50% from historic levels. That is a problem and it's an existential problem.” pic.twitter.com/jgojEwaTuU — Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) …
by confoundedinterest17 US home prices are slowing as Jerome Powell and The Fed slow down M2 Money printing. Notice the lag effect between M2 Money growth (green dashed line) and the Case-Shiller National home price index (solid blue line). Both …
New Jersey legal weed products contained exponentially higher levels of yeast, mold and bacteria and were often far less potent than advertised, a team of secret shoppers discovered after submitting pre-rolled joints for testing. A study released by the Safe …
🚨🇺🇸 SEC WRIGHT: BIDEN’S DOE SPENT MORE TO PRODUCE LESS ENERGY “The Biden administration grew the Department of Energy by 20% while spending even more—just to reduce U.S. energy production and make it more expensive. Puerto Rico had billions allocated …
Left-wing Axios is positively depressed about the future of the Democrat party, listing no less than 21 reasons why it's doomed ✌️https://t.co/zpJU8DGlbF — Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) March 24, 2025 🚨 Jasmine Crockett is ONCE AGAIN inciting violence against …
Taxpayers are footing the bill for over $600 million in salaries at the Department of Education—money that could have been used to improve schools, help teachers, and boost student outcomes. Instead, it’s lining the pockets of bureaucrats. There’s no reason …
In an unprecedented move, the Trump administration is pushing for tax reform that would eliminate federal income taxes for individuals earning less than $150,000 per year. This proposal is a lifeline for the middle class, aiming to lift the financial …
The Trump administration’s decision to slash overhead costs linked to federally funded research has sparked an immense backlash. But some doctors are praising the move, suggesting it will help “optimize” how taxpayer dollars are used when it comes to scientific …
We won the last election by complaining about Democrats' policies, which gave us high prices. Tariff lovers will be forced to explain the persistence of high prices…https://t.co/1Tc9HdSEHi — Rand Paul (@RandPaul) February 1, 2025 Out of all the news headlines …
$DECK bought HOKA in 2012 for ~$1.1M. A decade later, Deckers Brands have grown HOKA’s revenue from less than $3M to over $2.2B (LTM). That’s a ~700x increase. byu/IAmNotAnEconomist inFluentInFinance
The Swiss have printed about 3x less money than Canada has between 1980 and 2024 And in 1985, 1 Canadian dollar could buy 2 swiss francs. Today? It buys 0.65. This isnt magic, guys. pic.twitter.com/KPOn7lqfb5 — Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@Tablesalt13) December …
A theory for why CRE closed-end fundraising has fallen off a cliff: Cap rates and stabilized yields in real estate just aren't attractive compared to other asset classes. In many cases, quasi-government lending entities (Fannie and Freddie) in the multifamily …
BREAKING: An electronic traffic sign in Seattle, Washington, was programmed to display the text “ONE LESS CEO, MANY MORE TO GO.” It is still unknown who is responsible for programming the sign. pic.twitter.com/r82Fjv4YaC — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 12, …
An all-time high 43% of investors think there is a less than 10% chance of a stock market crash occurring in the next 6 months 🚨 pic.twitter.com/c46U09cdsC — Barchart (@Barchart) December 6, 2024 This is wild: The Euphoriameter, an indicator …
Hailey Welch, known as “Hawk Tuah girl,” is under fire after her memecoin’s market value plummeted from $500 million to less than $60 million in under 20 minutes. As calls for legal action grow louder, Welch has yet to address …
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via AIER The American Enterprise Institute has reprinted Edward C. Banfield’s little-known 1951 book, Government Project, which was a post-mortem of a defunct, quasi-socialist New Deal-era agricultural project in drought-prone Pinal County, Arizona. The Foreword to the 2024 edition, written by Kevin …
The internet has been left bitterly divided after a podcast guest claimed that men who make under $50,000 a year should not go on dates. Talitha Troupe, from Atlanta, appeared on a recent episode of the Pour Minds podcast alongside …
by Chris Black Last Friday the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), a repo rate serving as the Fed’s new target reference rate , jumped 6 basis points (6 bps, 0.06) to above the Fed’s target range… Continue reading by subscribing. …
Target, Black Friday scam pic.twitter.com/KKXoU0V1Ag — RealShit (@RealNowOffical) November 26, 2023 More BIG stores are doing the same thing! Black Friday is a scam, here you have the Christmas tree my wife ordered 3 weeks ago. It’s on a ‘Black …
via Mike Shedlock: Expanding benefits, especially more vacation time and paid family leave, helps explain job shortages and declining productivity. Hours worked and paid from Atlanta Fed, annotations by Mish During the Pandemic, Average Hours Rose. And Fell. The Atlanta …
Warning: Bank credit is offically contracting This has only happened during the Financial Crisis Buckle up pic.twitter.com/QpF0evOdNs — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) October 4, 2023 https://twitter.com/leadlagreport/status/1709918710310338758 U.S. Mortgage Rates surpassed 8% this week for the first time in more than 23 …
