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Cycles are often systemic, predictable, and, as I have long argued, often the result of policy distortions interacting with underlying structural forces. The latest data showing where the cost of living is rising fastest in the United States is a textbook example of how centralized, urban-centric policies can create persistent price pressures and distort economic […]

Physical bank branches are disappearing along with relationship banking. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) files state that the US lost a net total of 339 bank branches in December 2025. The S&P Global and Federal Reserve found that the US has been losing, on average, 1,600 bank branches per year. Santander

Perhaps there is no greater example of how the EU elite couldn’t care less about the people who constantly support their hand-picked puppet Zelensky, yet turn a blind eye to his blowing up of Nord Stream. Every European leader who supports Zelensky should be thrown in prison for treason.  ONLY the AFD in Germany has

ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 16.89 points or 0.03% to 53,375.60 • Shanghai increased 6.747 points or 0.16% to 4,157.985 • Hang Seng increased 141.18 points or 0.51% to 27,968.09 • ASX 200 decreased 6.40 points or -0.07% to 8,927.50 • SENSEX increased 221.69 points or

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We are witnessing an unmistakable shift in the US housing market, not a bubble pop like 2008, but a market regime change characterized by buyers retreating as inventory rises and affordability remains strained. Recent data from Redfin shows that roughly 40,000 US home-purchase agreements were canceled in December, representing about 16.3% of homes that went

Jerome Powell came out to defend the integrity and sovereignty of the Federal Reserve. “The point of independence is not to protect policymakers or anything like that. It is just that every advanced economy and democracy in the world has come around to this common practice. It’s just an institutional arrangement that has served the

Microsoft provided the FBI with Bitlocker encryption keys. It should come as no surprise that a US-based cloud storage service provided US intelligence with backdoor access. Encryption is only as strong as the one who controls the key to lock it. Microsoft, the world’s dominant provider of desktop and enterprise systems, complied with an FBI

ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 25.17 points or 0.05% to 53,358.71 • Shanghai increased 11.334 points or 0.27% to 4,151.238 • Hang Seng increased 699.96 points or 2.58% to 27,826.91 • ASX 200 decreased 7.70 points or -0.09% to 8,933.90 • SENSEX increased 487.20 points or

Deemed the “mother of all deals” by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, India and the European Union signed a historic trade agreement that will permit near free trade between the two economies. The EU plans to phase out tariffs on Indian goods by up to 95% over a multi-year period. India will begin phasing