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Compare to 2.8% y/y, 2.7% q/q AR. Figure 1: Instantaneous inflation (T=12,a=4) for core CPI (blue), core PCE deflator (brown), supercore CPI (green), all in decimal form %. Calculations per Eeckhout (2023).Source: BLS, BEA, and author’s calculations. So y/y core PCE inflation is 0.2 percentage points above target rate of 2%, while instantaneous is 0.6 percentage points. Cleveland Fed nowcast of today indicates 2.9% instantaneous inflation rate for October. This entry was posted on December 5, 2025 by Menzie Chinn.

The San Antonio Spurs outlasted the Los Angeles Lakers 132-119 to secure their ticket to the NBA Cup semifinal round on Wednesday. Spurs guard Stephon Castle dropped 30 points, and De’Aaron Fox with 20 points, who led their team to maintain the double-digit lead for most of the final three quarters. Keldon Johnson also contributed […] The post Spurs advance to NBA Cup semifinals after 132-119 win over Lakers appeared first on TalkBasket.net.

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan in Congo fails to halt fighting, Benin faces a failed coup attemptand a Ghanaian artist tops an annual list of the most powerful people in the contemporary art world. Sign up to receive Africa Brief in your inbox every Wednesday. Sign up to receive Africa Brief in your inbox every Wednesday. Sign Up By submitting your email, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use and to receive email correspondence from us. You may opt out at any time. Enter your email…

by Calculated Risk on 12/09/2025 11:57:00 AM Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: 1st Look at Local Housing Markets in NovemberA brief excerpt: Tracking local data gives an early look at what happened the previous month and also reveals regional differences in both sales and inventory.November sales will be mostly for contracts signed in September and October, and mortgage rates averaged 6.35% in September and 6.25% in October (lower than for closed sales in October).In November, sales in these early reporting markets were down 10.8% YoY. Last month, in October, these same markets were down 2.3% year-over-year Not…

Xabi Alonso has the full backing of Jude Bellingham amid growing speculation the Real Madrid manger could be in danger of losing his job after defeat against Manchester City in the Champions League. Los Blancos suffered a second-straight defeat at the Bernabeu as they were beaten 2-1 by Manchester City just three days after losing to Celta Vigo in LaLiga. Rodrygo ended his 32-game goal drought but a comeback before the break courtesy of Nico O’Reilly and an Erling Haaland penalty turned the tie in City’s favour as Real’s dismal run was extended to just two wins from their last…

BRUSSELS – The development of a new European Union (EU) strategy to combat drug trafficking and organized crimewhich includes cooperation with third countries, was discussed by the European Commissioner for Justice Michael McGrath and the Bulgarian Minister of Justice Georgi Georgiev, the Ministry of Justice reported. Georgiev took part in the meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council, Justice section, in Brussels. Drug trafficking is expected to remain a primary threat in the coming years as well, and the fight against it to be among the central priorities of the new Protect EU Internal Security Strategy, the ministry’s statement…

A staple of mid-1980’s investment modeling, q-theory was an alternative to the Keynes’ marginal efficiency of capital or Jorgenson user cost of capital approaches. A version of q –the ratio of market value to replacement value of a corporation’s capital — was central in Summers’ 1981 BPEA paper modeling corporate investment behavior. And yet, q-theory is now almost completely absent from recent discussion of the level of capital investment (in contrast to the debate nearly two decades ago). Why? First a picture of q, the market price relative to replacement cost of physical capital. Figure 1: Tobin’s q (blue), and…

UEFA Champions League8:00 PMDecember 9, 2025League Stage – 6Tottenham Hotspur StadiumReferee: Benoît Bastien, France Copy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed. Tottenham World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Slavia Prague World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Turn off spoiler to view match statistics2.55Expected goals (xG)0.96Passing293 (83%)Accurate passes219 (73%) Turn off spoiler to view match events 1 G William Vicar 7.9 24 D Djed Spence 7.3 37 D Micky van de Ven 15′ 7.0 17 D Cristian Romero (C) 7.9 23 D Pedro Porro 7.3…

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo believes his team belongs in the contender conversation, even as outside expectations remain mixed. Speaking with Marc J. Spears of Andscape, Adebayo addressed how public perception contrasts with the confidence inside the locker room. “People are going to call us crazy, but I think we’re a contender,” Adebayo said. “We’re […] The post Bam Adebayo says Heat is “not delusional” about contending appeared first on TalkBasket.net.

South Dakota Highway Patrol Captain Robert Mayer joined FOX Weather to discuss highway conditions as snowstorms spawn dangerous situations for travelers. ST. PAUL, Minn. – A man was killed on Tuesday night after a snowplow accident at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP).BLIZZARD WARNINGS ISSUED IN WEST VIRGINIA AS PARADE OF FAST-MOVING CLIPPERS TARGET MIDWEST, NORTHEASTAn MSP spokesperson confirmed to FOX Weather that the accident occurred shortly after 7:30pm on Dec. 9, when a 47-year-old male was struck by a snowplow in the parking lot of the LSG Sky Chefs facility of the airport.The facility is located in the 3100 block…