The guy was, as usual, explicitly candid when he spoke to his crowd of global billionaires. The Davos gathering of the superrich does much for generating...
"Small caps," or small-capitalization companies, could be in trouble next year if signs from the NFIB survey are correct. In September 2019, I wrote "NFIB Survey Trips...
When assessing the course of US inflation, it’s helpful to have a model; the one I use is the AD-AS model described in this post. The...
Oil And Gas Discoveries Plunge To Lowest Level In 75 Years Much to the celebration of environmental "activists" and the chagrin of anyone applying common sense...
The economy was in danger of running hot, too hot they all said. In order to stay ahead of such inflation potential, as central bankers saw...
Consumer electronics are a bad metric for gauging the passage of time. And, frankly, Consumer Electronics Shows are considerably worse. I’ve attended well into the double...
The future’s always uncertain and that’s not going to change when attempting to weigh the risks and opportunities for the year ahead. But this much is...
Chinese run media, the Global Times, blatantly tweeted an homage to China's late leader Mao Zedong commemorating his 128th birthday. Fully understanding the storm of controversy...
Stock Market Crashes: Key Takeaways Many market bubbles have turned into widespread crashes — study the past! Are we in a stock market bubble? Learn the...
Gold and crude oil, both denominated in US dollars, are strongly linked so the gold to oil ratio is an important indicator of the global economy’s...
- by New Deal democratThe last housing market data for 2021, the FHFA and Case Shiller house price indexes, were reported this morning. Both showed a...
The year is set to end on a bright note for the upcoming US GDP report for the fourth quarter, based on several nowcasts. The outlook...
Move over, gold and silver — the humble copper has emerged as a potential hedge against inflation.Copper’s credentials come from its wide use in the global...
It didn’t take long for mortgage servicers to realize they had a historic challenge on their hands. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, over 22...
Inflation In 2021 Far Different From What We Had In 1979 Authored by Bruce Wilds via Advancing Time blog, The inflation of today is a starkly...
The world’s largest economy continues to post upbeat economic data as 2021 draws to a close, but there are hints that growth may suffer in the...
The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic exposed a range of stark inequalities in American society. Besides highlighting these inequalities, EPI’s research over the past year...
Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami gives his housing market forecast for 2022 for mortgage rates, the 10-year yield, existing home sales and more. The post The 2022...
The Great Reconciliation Of Asset Prices In 2022 Authored by Michael Pento via PentoPort.com, The coming new year will be fraught with risk due to the...
1.5 Million Parents Could Drop Out Of Workforce If Biden Stimulus Passes; Analysis Submitted by Andrew Moran of The Epoch Times, As many as 1.5 million...
Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami lays out his housing forecast for 2022 for mortgage rates, the 10-year yield, existing home sales and more. The post Logan Mohtashami:...
US real estate and fixed-securities provided diversification benefits during last week’s widespread selling that weighed on most other markets around the world, based on a set...
Borrowers have a lot to lose if public policies to help paying their mortgage don't break right. HousingWire took a deep dive into the $10 billion...
Today, we are pleased to present a guest contribution written by John G. Fernald, Jack Mueller, and Mark M. Spiegel (all of the Federal Reserve Bank...
Global government debt surged to nearly 100 percent of GDP during the global recession of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a collapse in output and...
Starting in 2010, a new wave of debt accumulation—the “fourth wave” of debt—had been underway in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs, Figure 1). With the...
The pandemic struck the New York-Northern New Jersey region early and hard, and the economy is still struggling to recover nearly two years later. Indeed, employment...
Some of it – but some indications are that it’s not the majority. Let’s define the trade balance in NIPA terms, so we look at “net...
As the nation pivoted to recovery, readers sought information on ways to remedy the economic injustices laid bare by the pandemic.
Some of it – but some indications are that it’s not the majority. Let’s define the trade balance in NIPA terms, so we look at “net...