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Charts of the Week
Small Business Owners Changing Their Tune
November 15, 2024
Small business owners are on the verge of becoming positive about general business conditions for the first time since November 2020. The election results will likely fuel this trend further.
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Housing Remains Out of Reach for First-Time Homebuyers
November 15, 2024
Homebuyers enjoyed a relatively affordable market in the decade following the housing crash. The recent rise in prices and mortgage rates put homeownership out of reach for many prospective first-time buyers.
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Strong Foreign Employment Trend Continues
November 15, 2024
Since May 2020, foreign-born workers have accounted for over 35% of total employment growth, almost double their share of the labor force.
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Rising U.S. Government Interest Costs
November 15, 2024
For the last few decades the U.S. has been in a low interest rate environment where deficit spending would not cause major issues. A 40-year high in inflation and the higher rates that followed are stressing the country's finances.
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Bitcoin Raises Crypto’s Market Value to New Peak
November 15, 2024
Animal spirits are alive and well in the crypto universe on hopes a Republican sweep in the election will prove beneficial to future policy.
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Why Are Democrats Better Stock Pickers?
November 15, 2024
Are Democrat members of Congress such good investors that they can not only beat Republicans but also do something about 85% of professional investors cannot do, beat the S&P 500?
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A Long-Term Look at Interest Rates & CPI
November 15, 2024
A long-term look at interest rates & CPI
Charts of the Week
Weekly Research Recap
November 15, 2024
Some interesting charts form our recent posts.
Media & Communications
Jim Bianco on the Post-Election Phase Shift, Adjusting Inflation Expectations & the Crypto Movement
November 14, 2024
Jim Bianco joins Fox Business to discuss the Post-Election Phase Shift, Adjusting Inflation Expectations & the Crypto Movement with Charles Payne.
Newsclips
Quick Comments/What We’re Reading
November 14, 2024
Today's topics include Timiraos paves way for December rate cut, the deficit, the lack of volatility speaks volumes, Fedspeak, a lagging European stock market, China gears up for trade war, China bids for dollar bonds, an update on potential port labor strikes, is the misery index broken in a high-rate world?, and more on Trump vs. Powell