Here is a new NBER working paper: As geopolitical tensions intensify, great powers often turn to trade policy to influence international alignment. We examine the optimal design of tariffs in a world where large countries care not only about economic welfare…
by Calculated Risk on 8/14/2025 08:45:00 PM Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.Friday: • At 8:30 AM ET, Retail sales for July is scheduled to be released. The consensus is for 0.5% increase in retail…
The UK's zero emission bus market is booming, having grown more than 80 per cent year-on-year during the first half of 2025. That is according to from new data published today by the Society of Motor...
The Food Foundation and a coalition of investors managing £6tr in assets have today warned the UK's nature crisis risk saddling the economy with enormous costs - and as such the food industry can no longer...
Earlier this summer, extreme heat led the headlines once again. From the Northeast US to southern Europe to India, heat domes and waves are affecting health and community well-being, as well as policy...
The parent company of frozen food giant Birds Eye' has confirmed its greenhouse gas emissions have fallen by 40.8 per cent since 2019, comfortably beating its target to cut emissions by 25 per cent by...
by Calculated Risk on 8/14/2025 06:21:00 PM From First American Chief Economist Mark Fleming Housing Market Returning to Reality as National Price Growth Cools Further in July, According to First American Data & Analytics Monthly Home Price Index Report Highlights• Annual…
by Calculated Risk on 8/14/2025 03:15:00 PM From STR: U.S. hotel results for week ending 9 August The U.S. hotel industry reported negative year-over-year comparisons, according to CoStar’s latest data through 9 August. ...3-9 August 2025 (percentage change from comparable week…
JLL estimates $170bn of assets will require construction lending or permanent financing this year. Between now and 2029, however, global spending on data centres will hit almost $3tn, according to Morgan Stanley analysts. Of that, just $1.4tn is forecast to come…
The University of Chicago has now borrowed $6.3 billion, more than 70 percent of the value of its endowment. The cost of servicing its debt is now 85 percent of the value of all undergraduate tuition. (This is not normal. No…
Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s president, has called for an emergency meeting of Latin American countries to respond to a “threat” by the United States. He is referring to the executive order supposedly signed by Trump and reported by The New York Times,…
Shocker in PPI: 0.9% vs. 0.2% m/m consensus: Figure 1: Instantaneous inflation for core CPI (blue), core PCE deflator (green), core PPI (tan) per Eeckhout (2023), T=12, a=4. Source: BLS, BEA, via FRED, and author’s calculations.
Quote of the Day "To summarize, when you sort open-end funds and ETFs based on the volatility of their cash flows, you find that ETFs are more heavily represented (as a percentage of their assets) in the more volatile quintiles than…
by Calculated Risk on 8/14/2025 12:26:00 PM Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: MBA: Mortgage Delinquencies Decreased Slightly in Q2 2025A brief excerpt: From the MBA: Mortgage Delinquencies Decrease Slightly in the Second Quarter of 2025The delinquency rate for…
by Calculated Risk on 8/14/2025 10:05:00 AM Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Part 1: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-August 2025A brief excerpt: This 2-part overview for mid-July provides a snapshot of the current housing…
by Calculated Risk on 8/14/2025 10:05:00 AM Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Part 1: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-August 2025A brief excerpt: This 2-part overview for mid-July provides a snapshot of the current housing…
August 14, 2025 | Asset Listings We’re thrilled to announce that SLAY is available for trading on Kraken! Funding and trading SLAY trading is live as of August 14, 2025. To add an asset to your Kraken account, navigate to Funding,…
Yves here. The article below looks at researchers who are taking a “lessons learned” approach to cancer, as in focusing on patients who markedly beat the odds, either in surviving cancer or not getting it at all. We have some readers…
Drinks giant Diageo has today announced it has diluted a number of its sustainability targets, including a flagship goal to achieve net zero emissions across its direct operations by 2030. Announced...
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by Calculated Risk on 8/14/2025 08:30:00 AM The DOL reported: In the week ending August 9, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 224,000, a decrease of 3,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was…
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The number of companies worldwide setting emissions reduction targets through the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTI) continues to trend upwards, with approved goals now adopted by companies with a...
There's a negative narrative emerging over the last months suggesting corporates are walking away from commitments on climate action. But this is in stark contrast to the conversations I've had with hundreds...
Meet Maple: Former K-9 now beekeeper at MSU WKAR They led police on a wild L.A. car chase, then managed to get away. Who helped them escape? Los Angeles Times Our Culture is Addicted to Validation Freddie deBoer Mouse Farm Orion…
Yves here. It’s become fashionable, at least in the commentariat, to exhibit the cognitive bias called “halo effect” with respect to Bernie Sanders. “Halo effect” is the tendency to see people as all good or all bad. This is the distortion…
The government has confirmed the UK's electric vehicle (EV) charge point roll out is continuing to accelerate, with a new charger currently being added every 30 minutes. The Department for Transport...
Ministers and diplomats attempting to thrash out a landmark Global Plastics Treaty have been warned there could be a long night ahead, after they were accused of delivering a "heartbreakingly bare" draft...
Volvo has announced the delivery of new green trucks to two of its leading haulage clients over the past week, as demand for low and zero emission heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) continues to grow. The...
Yves here. This is a terrific talk in which James Galbraith, recapping his work in Entropy Economics, explains how the foundations of economics are fundamentally at odds with the operation and limits of our physical world. Trust me, either put it…
In this paper, we use ChatGPT outages to provide early evidence on whether investors rely on generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to perform professional tasks and the associated impact on stock price informativeness. We document a significant decline in stock trading volume…
Yves here. Tom Neuburger continues his systematic coverage of how the US constitutional order is being revised to favor even more those at the top. I am stunned at the way the Trump-Putin summit is sucking the air supply out of…
Today, we are talking about 529 accounts, how to invest them, and how to spend them down. There are a lot of ways to help fund your children's education. Most families use a combination of 529 accounts, loans, other savings, and…
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