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Coffee prices up and away — in the US. Figure 1: Price of coffee, US city average…

At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week:Click on graph for larger image.• Part 1: Current State of the…

In the Christian Bible, there is a parable of two builders.  One built his house on stone and the other…

Like national employment, Wisconsin employment was downwardly revised (preliminary), by 79K. Splicing in the change as BLS would do yields…

by Calculated Risk on 9/12/2025 03:05:00 PM Hotel occupancy was weak over the summer months, likely due to less international…

Economists are fond of talking about how people respond to incentives — and stress how social arrangements can produce suboptimal…

From the CPI release: Figure 1: CPI – food at home (black), ERS forecast of January 2025…

Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.Friday: • At 10:00 AM, University of Michigan’s Consumer…

The debate over Robert Triffin’s famous “dilemma” continues to animate policymakers and commentators. Stephen Miran, a leading economic advisor to…

That’s the title of my keynote talk at the 27th INFER conference (Rome)an excellent exchange of ideas…