…topic. I’ll be posting a second entry addressing that article, the study it cites, and some misinformation about the red/blue divide later this week. But first, let’s take a look…

…total institutional costs of $32.71 billion — a contribution of 38.1 percent of the total. Attributable costs for competitive products were $20.7 billion out of a total of $47 billion…

…the near term. Total U.S. freight carloads were down 1.2% in March 2023 from March 2022, their fourth year-over-year decline in the past five months. In 2023’s first quarter, total carloads…

…despite the monthly declines in total permits and starts. The one important piece of bad news is that total housing units under construction declined again (blue in the graphs below),…

…hold the second largest total and the second largest average per person. What I would expect to happen are increases in the total for each and also the averages for…

…Go The total federal budget of the United States has recently run about $4 trillion or more each year. In 2020, the total federal budget ran much higher, at $7…

…patients, (b) the amount of revenue received from sources other than patient services, or (c) the total hospital revenue, divided by the hospital’s total expenses. This shows how much revenue…

…budget” for the hospital; (3) paying a hospital “shared savings” bonuses if it reduces total healthcare spending for its patients; and (4) expanding Medicaid eligibility. None of these proposals will…

…look at the other leading sector of construction. Here the news was totally positive, as both total and residential construction improved on both a nominal and real basis. Nominally total…

…adds up to 760 million miles annually. Increasing the average length by 10 miles increases the annual total by about 320 million miles — a 40 percent increase in total…