Down payments have stabilized and all-cash deals are dwindling, signs of a cooling US housing
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Kevin Warsh’s Rate-Cut Hopes Get A JOLT
Vacancies! Apply within. There were 7.618 million job vacancies across the US economy on the
Is American Manufacturing Really ‘Back’?
The first of this week’s top-tier US macro releases painted an upbeat picture of an
It Takes A (Potemkin) Village
It’s jobs week in the US, where overall employment probably expanded in May at a
War-Torn: US Saving Rate Plunges As Annual Inflation Soars
Underlying, monthly (note the emphasis) inflation was cooler than expected across the world’s largest economy
$117,000 Or Homeless
Has your income, or your household’s income, doubled over the last half a dozen years?
Tragedy Strikes As Americans Cut Back On ‘Want’ Buying
Household views of current US economic conditions slipped in May and a measure of expectations
Inflation, Hikes And Hawks
The holiday-shortened US trading week offers a hodgepodge of relevant macro releases, although nothing with
The Worst Consumer Sentiment Report Ever. Again.
Gosh. Golly gee. Whodathunk. For at least the third time during his second term, Donald
Single-Family Home Construction Plummets
New residential construction activity in the US decelerated last month, data released on Thursday showed.
War Triggers Fastest US Mortgage-Rate Spike In Years
Not surprisingly, and as tipped here last week, US mortgage rates posted another sharp increase
Kevin Warsh Should Tell Trump The Truth
My advice to Kevin Warsh — not that he asked for it — is to
Xi Jinping’s Economy Just Had A Very, Very Bad Month
Exports. That’s all Xi Jinping’s economy has going for it. On Monday, apparatchiks at the
Summer Unofficially Begins With War, Ebola, Rates Panic
Summer, and the lackadaisical torpidity that often accompanies it, are right around the corner. In
The Big Squeeze
Thank God for the upper-half of the “K.” I mean, not in the sense that
The US Consumer Refuses To Crack
Nominal spending on gas and groceries rose in April in tandem with price increases for
Eyebrows Raised, Singed By Scorching Wholesale Inflation Report
“Can you hear me now?” asked the war. Wholesale inflation ran far faster than expected
Convoluted US Inflation Report Won’t Answer Any Questions
Uh-oh? Core inflation in the US ran faster than expected last month, the BLS said
Home-Buying Season In America Off To Slow Start
Existing home sales in America managed only the smallest of advances in April, the first
‘Matter Of When’: Core CPI, Real Spending On Borrowed Time
It’s inflation week in the US, where the BLS’s headline, all-items price gauge is likely
Mission Impossible
A week ago I asked if market participants should take Kevin Warsh at his word
Trump Beats His Own Dubious ‘Vibecession’ Record
A US recession’s nowhere in sight, or at least not according to government and private-sector
US Jobs Report Doubles Up Consensus
Headline US hiring slowed last month from March’s brisk pace, but nevertheless managed to double
AI’s Taking A Bigger And Bigger Bite Out Of Payrolls
The message from Thursday’s monthly update on US job cuts was unequivocal: AI’s impacting tech-company
Unfazed By War, US Private Sector Adds Most Jobs Of ‘Trump 2.0’
Private-sector hiring in the US was the strongest last month since January of 2025, ADP
US Hiring Soars Most In 25 Years. Allegedly.
An otherwise forgettable BLS update on job openings in the US showed a big uptick
Price Pressure Is Never-Ending Blight For US Service Providers
Well, that’s convenient. The marquee gauge of business activity across the biggest part of the
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