Beige Book: Economic Activity Picked Up In 11 Of 12 Districts; Only San Fran Flat As "Employers Invested In AI"

Building Codes For Energy Conservation Can Increase US Home Costs By $14,000: DOE Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, States that adopt the updated 2024 International Energy Conservation Code could see building costs for a typical single-family home go up by $14,000, the Department of Energy (DOE) warned on June 26. The International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) is a model code developed by the Washington-based International Code Council (ICC) for setting minimum energy efficiency requirements for commercial and residential buildings. While the ICC doesn’t mandate its code, states and local jurisdictions...

"Like Band-Aid On An Arterial Bleed": Ranchers Warn Trump's Proposed Beef Tariff Cut Offers Only Temporary Relief Summary: Cattle ranchers respond with first-takes on proposed policies from White House  Tuesday: Trump team is "fine-tuning" an executive order aimed at reducing ‌domestic beef prices Monday: Tyson Sinks, Walmart Falls After Trump Moves To Temporarily Lower Beef Import Tariffs Ranchers Respond Following Monday afternoon's WSJ report that the White House will temporarily cut beef import tariffs, we spoke with three ranchers across America's beef-producing corridor, centered on the Great and Southern Plains, to gauge industry sentiment. The message from...

The Further Revenge Of The Barbarous Relic (No Apologies To J.M. Keynes) Authored by George Ford Smith via Mises Institute,It was the Morgans and Rockefellers of Wall Street who turned to government to cage their banking competition, especially the growing challenge from non-national banks in the South and West, and came up with a plan for a central bank. It was the big bankers who took the lead in creating a system that would protect them from the hazards of bank counterfeiting and make them a monopoly issuer of bank...