Eco
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The Economist
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9
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Westerners are fleeing their countries in record numbers
This will have economic consequences for the places they leave and their destinations
Eco
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The Economist
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9
hours ago
Even the best-case scenario for energy markets is disastrous
Whatever happens, high prices will outlive the Iran war
eco
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Wolf Street
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18
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2-Year, 3-Year Treasury Yields Spike, Flip to Rate Hike. Yield Curve Uninverts. Government Sold $606 Billion of Treasury Securities this Week as the Borrowing Must Go On
Whiff of turmoil in the bond market as inflation fears moved to the front and center.
eco
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Wolf Street
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1
day ago
Treasury Yields Spike, 10-Year to 4.39%, 30-Year to 4.96%, Mortgage Rates to 6.5%, as the Bond Market Gets Antsy
Bond market frets about inflation, leveraged Treasury bets unwind, housing market frets about spring selling season.
eco
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Wolf Street
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2
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Money-Market Funds and CDs: Americans’ Ballooning Piles of Interest-Earning Low-Risk Investments
They’re investment choices, like bond funds, bonds, etc., not that illusory “cash on the sidelines.”
eco
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Wolf Street
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2
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Prices of New Single-Family Homes Drop Further, Inventory of Completed New Homes for Sale Highest since 2009
Hoping for lower mortgage rates that may not come.
eco
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Wolf Street
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3
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Bond Market Gets Edgy as US Treasury Debt Hits $39 Trillion, Spiking by $2 Trillion in 7.5 Months and Not Slowing Down
But debt doesn’t exist in a vacuum: The Debt-to-GDP and Deficit-to-GDP ratios provide (ugly) context.
Eco
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The Economist
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3
days ago
America may be a petrostate. But the energy shock still hurts
And further angers economically frustrated citizens
Eco
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The Economist
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3
days ago
Which country is the biggest loser from the energy shock?
We rank the poor world’s exposure and buffers
Eco
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The Economist
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3
days ago
The new economics of sex work
As the sex economy grows, it deserves serious analysis
