Bank Of Japan Governor Ueda Hospitalized, Will Miss June Meeting

Starmer To Ban Under-16s From 10 Social Media Apps, Including X, But Not Bluesky Authored by Toby Young via DailySceptic.org, Sir Keir Starmer is set to announce sweeping reforms tomorrow banning under-16s from 10 major social media platforms, including X, but not the Left-wing platform Bluesky. In addition, he will introduce daily curfews for 16 and 17 year-olds, going further than Australia’s restrictions. The Times has the story: Teenagers will be banned from certain social media platforms and have their daily usage curbed under sweeping reforms to be announced by Sir Keir Starmer on Sunday. The...

What Have You Learned In The Last 6 Hard Years? Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, The last six years have been a time of astonishing revelation about many features of public life that had been previously hidden. I’m not just speaking of the Epstein files though they are part of it. We’ve all seen and experienced things over these years that (at least to me) would have been nearly inconceivable before. It’s shaken us and forced people to recalibrate their understanding of the world. If you have changed your mind on...

One Forgotten Housing Supply-Side Lever Could Unfreeze Affordability Rental affordability remains far superior to mortgage affordability, with the U.S. 30-year fixed mortgage rate trending around 6.5% in early June. With home prices still at record highs, last week's housing report showing sellers pulling listings at a near-record pace as buyers balk at prices is yet another warning sign that the frozen housing market remains well intact. The Trump administration's affordable housing strategy focuses on market deregulation, expanded homeownership, stricter citizenship requirements for federal housing assistance, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...