…than a quarter of the world’s total emissions. By contrast, the US was responsible for 5.7 billion tons or 11% of total emissions, followed by India (6.6%), and the European…

Some Points . . . Healthcare services slight increases as a share of total consumer spending in the quarter, rising from 15.9 percent to 16.0 percent of total consumption and…

…finally have changed this month. Let’s start with permits (Note: In each of the graphs below, blue represents the total (on the right scale), gold single family units, and red…

…but as anticipated has stopped decelerating. First I’ll look at the headlines, then the problem children. Total inflation (blue in the graph below) rose 0.4% for the month, but only…

…metric of all, because they represent the actual economic activity of construction. As I wrote two months ago: “total housing units under construction, although the most lagging of housing construction…

What is interesting about NDd’s latest is his identifying manufacturing playing “a much smaller role in the total US economy now than it used to in the decades after WW2.”…

…Total production remains down -0.8% since then, and manufacturing down -1.4%. On a YoY basis, total production is down -0.4%, and manufacturing production is down -0.8%. Going back over 100…

…million people (18% of total) who are new to the Marketplaces for 2024, and 16.6 million people (82% of total) who had active 2023 coverage and selected a plan for…

– by New Deal democrat The Bonddad Blog As usual, the new month’s data starts out with information on manufacturing and construction. The ISM manufacturing index has been a good…

…all the top-quintile wealth came from. It’s a large flow, and it skews heavily to the top quintile — a 27X ratio, much increased from 2020’s 20X. This measure of total…