Browsing: Economy

I’m sure DOGE will have a long history as the textbook definition of overpromising and underdelivering. There were a lot…

Measured trade policy uncertainty, from Baker, Bloom and Davis, and Caldara, Iacoviello,  Molligo, Prestipino, and Raffo: Figure 1: EPU-trade category…

At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week:Click on graph for larger image.• FHFA’s National Mortgage Database: Outstanding Mortgage…

Despite Ronald Coase’s many contributions to economics, he is most famous for the co-called Coase Theorem, which is just one…

A World Gold Council headline “Central bank gold buying picks up in May”. Global central banks bought a net 20t…

by Calculated Risk on 7/04/2025 08:21:00 AM The U.S. hotel industry reported mostly negative year-over-year comparisons, according to CoStar’s latest…

I’ve started reading Bryan Caplan’s excellent new book entitled Pro-Market and Pro-Business: Essays on Laissez-faireand have covered the first 12…

June NFP beats consensus on the back of education and health services employment, while private NFP surprises downside. With S&P…

by Calculated Risk on 7/03/2025 07:49:00 PM Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.There will…

Every few years, I post on an excellent article on the American revolution by economic historian Jeff Hummel. It’s on…