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by Calculated Risk on 10/22/2025 07:49:00 PM Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.Thursday:• At…

In his 1980 book, Knowledge and DecisionsThomas Sowell highlights the importance of social authentication and verification processes. Does this work?…

Current betting on Kalshi is for a 34.5 day shutdown (5pm CT), taking us to November 3-4. At this rate,…

Since March 2022, the Centre for Economic Strategy (CES) has been preparing monthly reviews of Ukraine’s economy during a full-scale…

by Calculated Risk on 10/21/2025 03:46:00 PM Here are a few photos from my trip to Patagonia:Click on graph for…

Discussions on what constitutes a “fair” (or just) price are quite old.  Classical market liberals will typically classify a fair…

At min 0:29 of this clip from FoxBusiness: I suspect Antoni views these predictions as “suspicious” only…

by Calculated Risk on 10/20/2025 07:13:00 PM From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Another Boring Day With Mortgage Rates…

0:37Intro. [Recording date: September 29, 2025.]Russ Roberts: Today is September 29th, 2025, and my guest is author, podcaster, journalist Stephen…

WEI and WECI, for data releases through 10/11/2025: Figure 1: Lewis-Mertens-Stock Weekly Economic Index (blue), and Baumeister-Leiva-Leon-Sims…