eco
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Wolf Street
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11
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NAR Says Typical First-Time Homebuyer Age Was 40 in 2025, up from 33 in 2021. But Is this Accurate?
A narrative gets debunked. The affordability crisis remains.
eco
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Wolf Street
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21
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CMBS: “Commercial Mortgage BS”
"We should have learned our lesson and sworn off CMBS forever": McNellis, commercial real estate developer.
eco
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Wolf Street
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1
day ago
Fed Balance Sheet QT: -$37 Billion in November, -$2.43 Trillion from Peak, to $6.54 Trillion
Standing Repo Facility at zero, after doing its job calming the repo market at month-end. QT ended on December 1, but in November, QT continued.
eco
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Wolf Street
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1
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Low-Fire Low-Hire Job Market, after Massive Overhiring by Big Tech and Others in 2021 and 2022
But today’s initial unemployment insurance claims were a doozie that'll reverse next week.
Eco
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The Economist
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2
days ago
AI misinformation may have paradoxical consequences
To understand why, consider the side-blotched lizard
Eco
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The Economist
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2
days ago
Can golden toilets fix China’s economy?
Communist Party officials think so
Eco
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The Economist
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2
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Bitcoin has plunged. Strategy Inc is an early victim
It holds 3% of the world’s total supply
Eco
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The Economist
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2
days ago
American sanctions are putting Russia under pressure
In time, though, its tankers will find new routes
Eco
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The Economist
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2
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Stockholm is Europe’s new capital of capital
And with Sweden embarking on a borrowing spree, it is a bond trader’s paradise
Eco
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The Economist
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2
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Which Kevin Hassett would lead the Federal Reserve?
He was once a right-of-centre tax expert. He has become a partisan hack
eco
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Wolf Street
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2
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Private-Sector Job Trends by Industry: From Job Destruction in “Information” to Job Creation in “Mining and Natural Resources”
Three-month average job creation dips into negative for the first time since 2020, per ADP data.