Recent data shows a strong possibility that inflation will come down on its own.
Housing
Posted inPolitics
Tense Runoff Election Pits Old Austin Versus New
The housing crisis and the climate crisis have shaped mayoral and city council elections in Texas’s fast-growing capital city.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
But for the Blizzards, a Climate Utopia?
Ignore those six-foot snowbanks—if you want some climate security, Buffalo wants you.
Posted inTAP
How Fed Policies Burn Housing
Today on TAP: Higher interest rates raise housing costs to consumers in multiple ways—the opposite of the Fed’s anti-inflation goals.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Already in a Hole, the Federal Reserve Keeps Digging
Unfounded Fed tightening myths are backfiring on the economy.
Posted inPolitics
Can the Hotel Workers’ Union Save the Democrats?
In Nevada, Arizona, and Pennsylvania, the union has been talking to voters about progressive fixes to inflation for months, when Democrats didn’t know what to say.
Posted inCabinet Watch
Pat Toomey Blockades Biden’s Housing Nominees Amid Historic Rent Hikes
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is lacking vital staff during a crisis of housing affordability.
Posted inPolitics
Katie Porter’s Volunteer Army Hits the Doors
The progressive fighter in a swing district is staking a third term on a prodigious volunteer effort, and straight talk on abortion and the economy.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Reinvestment Movement vs. the Bankers
David is very nimble, but Goliath is more powerful than ever.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Scandal-Dogged Ex–Federal Reserve Governor Manufactures Consent for Rate Hikes
Richard Clarida, now a TV talking head, is doing all he can to kill jobs and cut wages.
