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This week, Australia learned that old geopolitical relationships and so-called ‘free trade’ treaties mean little when it comes to US policy. The obsequious way our political class fawns after the...
by Calculated Risk on 3/12/2025 07:51:00 PM Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios. Thursday:• At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report...
With all of the silver that’s come over from the LBMA to the New York vaults over the past few months, the LBMA’s supply has been getting shockingly low. So...
After disappointing readings in November, December, and January, inflation appears to be slowing once again. Could this mark the return to sustainably low price pressures? The Bureau of Labor Statistics...
by Calculated Risk on 3/12/2025 12:53:00 PM Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Part 2: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-March 2025 A brief excerpt:...
AIER’s proprietary Everyday Price Index (EPI) gained moderately in February 2025, continuing a climb that began in November 2024. The index rose by 0.51 percent to 292.4, its highest level...
by Calculated Risk on 3/12/2025 08:48:00 AM Here are a few measures of inflation: The first graph is the one Fed Chair Powell had mentioned two years ago when services...
What, exactly, has DOGE found so far in its investigation of Social Security? For the most part we don’t know. But Elon Musk has posted several jaw-dropping items on X...
According to the official data release, China’s economy grew 5% in real terms in 2024, to Rmb134,908.4 billion (US$18,943.3 billion). That’s equal to Rmb95,797 – US$13,400 – per person. Urban...
In the US economy, since the modern pattern of economic growth started back in the early 19th century, average annual growth has been remarkably close to 2% per year on...
