The increase in interest rates is finally denting mortgage and housing activity of all sorts.
Read more...Why Saudi Arabia is still not playing nice with the US.
Read more...Are the coming famines in Africa and parts of Asia an accident or design?
Read more...A scheduled Biden in-person meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is a sign of desperation.
Read more...Looking at the presently insurmountable gap between the West’s probable bid and Russia’s ask to settle the militiary and economic wars.
Read more...How our current “clash of civilizations” is a war between economic models.
Read more...In most US markets, there are more homes waiting to be sold than last year, How long will it take for overhang to lead to lower prices?
Read more...Republicans use the fact that tackling climate change will impose costs as a reason not to go there, while Dems largely finesse the issue.
Read more...US/allied sanctions against Russia have not achieved their objectives but are worsening economic stagnation, inflation and hunger worldwide.
Read more...Amazement that the EU is engaging in yet more self harm to try to damage Russia.
Read more...An increase in global hunger, combined with the rich getting even richer, would seem to set the stage for revolt. But is that in the cards?
Read more...Why can’t we have nice things like leisure time?
Read more...How high demand for traded goods is generating inflation, and central banks hitting the brakes is likely to hit growth unnecessarily hard.
Read more...The EU will have to make very large expenditures to end its depencence on Russian energy. But does it also have the organizational chops?
Read more...The housing market is starting to unravel at the lower end, with new home purchases taking the biggest hit.
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