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The Economist has an interesting article speculating that the red state advantage in housing affordability may be about to shrink:…

Bloomberg, Truflation at 2.8% y/y; Cleveland Fed at 2.72%. Figure 1: CPI-all (bold black), Cleveland Fed nowcast…

by Calculated Risk on 8/11/2025 07:54:00 PM From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Steady Ahead of High…

0:37Intro. [Recording date: July 17, 2025.]Russ Roberts: Today is July 17th, 2025.Before introducing today’s guest, I want to mention that…

Courtesy of Ed Yardeni: Source: Yardeni as edited by Chinn. In terms of assessing how the general…

by Calculated Risk on 8/10/2025 08:42:00 AM The Consumer Price Index for July is scheduled to be released on Tuesday,…

by Lenore Skenazy, ReasonAugust 9, 2025. Excerpt: During this visit, the social services worker acknowledged that our home was clean,…

Here’re other prior 2 month cumulative revisions, normalized by employment (after all, the country has been growing…

At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week:Click on graph for larger image.• Q2 NY Fed Report: Mortgage Originations…

With all the discussion of free trade, tariffs, and non-tariff barriers, I decided to pick up and quickly skim a…