New York City’s new mayor Zohran Mamdani made housing affordability a big part of his campaign. On his first day in office, he signed three executive orders related to housing…
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Delayed data confirms inflation remained well above target in December. The Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCEPI), which is the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation, grew at an annualized…
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By the time Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning hit theaters last May, the marketing narrative had become as famous as the franchise itself. The studio made sure we knew…
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Measuring state-level prices with adequate precision requires a lot of data collection, and there’s always a long lag between the time period measured and the release of the data. The…
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Despite what you’ve heard, first time homebuyers are not getting dramatically older. Statistics are like hot dogs — often juicy but with sometimes questionable ingredients. A recent example is a…
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Every time the government releases major revisions to employment data, a familiar chorus emerges: claims that something must be wrong, that statistics are being manipulated, or that hidden agendas are…
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The finale of Stranger Things leaves viewers with an emotional cocktail: relief, nostalgia, bittersweet satisfaction — and perhaps confusion. What became of the military personnel and the compound? More puzzling,…
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The Congressional Budget Office just released its newest budget outlook. It isn’t pretty. The 2026 deficit is projected to hit $1.9 trillion and grow to $3.1 trillion in 2036. America’s…
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Introduction Central planning — the idea that an economy can be rationally directed from the top down — has long appealed to reformers who seek to eliminate waste, inequality, and…
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is pushing a new home-entry rule, one Americans might have thought they left behind in the old world. A whistleblower recently exposed an internal memo…