…12 month peak for starts one year ago. Most likely we are seeing a noisy recapitulation of the slight improvement in permits since last summer, but still as with single…

…or adjusted for inflation, peaked almost simultaneously with permits in 2006: Post-pandemic, as measured by construction costs, construction spending peaked at the time of the initial peak in permits in…

…single family permits to 100 as of their post-pandemic peaks. I did the same for starts, but used their peak three month average. Starts are down 20.0% from their peak,…

…peak in September, and its post-pandemic peak of May 2024, and is down -0.4% YoY. The long leading sector of residential construction spending (red, right scale) rose a more significant…

…should be equality, then people are not drowning, they are dehydrating. The dehydration is the results of privatizing security in life and socializing the risks in life. We are not…

EEOC offers this information: The Commission heard testimony from a number of experts on the impact of the economic crisis on older workers, the legal issues surrounding age discrimination today,…

by cactus Following up my post earlier this week on abortion, I was thinking about some of the comments left by readers and I decided to follow a simple thought…

Inspired by PGL’s reference to the debate between Nouriel Roubini and Art Laffer, I visited Laffer’s house to talk to him. But before I had a chance to ask him…

I think there’s some validity to these concerns voiced by the head of Toyota: OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) – The outspoken chairman of Toyota Motor Corp. said on Wednesday he feared…

…early in the article: The first area of problem research focuses on the ostensible effects of life experiences on life outcomes. This broad area includes many research areas and topics…