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One Forgotten Housing Supply-Side Lever Could Unfreeze Affordability
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...
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Aug 17, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Geopolitical Reality Has Ended The Rush To Renewables
Geopolitical Reality Has Ended The Rush To Renewables
Authored by Rashid Hudain Syed via The Epoch Times,
The world is quietly abandoning the fantasy that renewables alone can guarantee energy security.
The U.S.–Israel war on Iran exposed how vulnerable the global economy remains to disruptions in fossil fuel supply chains. Any disruption in the Strait of Hormuz quickly affects global fuel prices, inflation, and energy costs worldwide.
For years, Western governments pushed rapid decarbonization and a transition away from oil and gas. But war and supply disruptions have exposed how difficult that transition...
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Jul 22, 2026 / Kyle Anzalone
Four US Troops Killed, About a Dozen Severely Wounded in Renewed Fighting with Iran
Updated casualty figures from Iranian strikes on US bases in the Middle East last week have increased. Three US soldiers were killed at a US base in Jordan that was hit by an Iranian missile. Additionally, an American was killed in Iraq while attempting to destroy a downed Iranian drone. On Wednesday, The New York […]
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Sep 4, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Labor Shock: US Adds 162K Jobs In August, 4-Sigma Beat And Above Highest Forecast
Labor Shock: US Adds 162K Jobs In August, 4-Sigma Beat And Above Highest Forecast
In our jobs report preview we quoted JPM's Market Intel desk which said that today's August payrolls number will be a case of "good news is bad news", and sure enough futures are sliding and yields surging after moments ago the BLS reported that in August, the US added a whopping 162K jobs, up from an upward revised 21K (July is no longer negative -23K), and the second highest monthly increase of 2026 (only March was higher)...
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