Financial Markets
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AIER Holiday Index: Pandemic Policies Still Raising Prices
Five years of interventionist policy, inflationary finance, and trade restrictions have steadily eroded consumers’ purchasing power.
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Business Conditions Monthly: October Showed Slowing Inflation, Waning Momentum
Job growth is slowing, unemployment is rising, and affordability pressures persist heading into the critical holiday season. Economic resilience is at risk.
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Inflation Retreats from Late-Summer Highs, Nears Fed Target
Headline and core inflation both cooled over the past two months, led by softening energy costs. Missing data complicates projections.
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Denying the Affordability Crisis Won’t Change the Data
American households are hurting. With wage growth lagging and inflation compounding, no amount of presidential bluster can mask the math.
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Are Labubus Gen Z’s Beanie Babies?
Easy money creates unusual mascots. Creepy dolls selling for used-car prices signal massively distorted capital conditions.
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Business Conditions Monthly September 2025: Data Blackout
The Fed enters its most consequential meeting of the year blinded by shutdown data gaps, armed instead with private proxies and guesswork.
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Regulating Yesterday’s Market: When Innovation Moves Faster Than the Law
The next wave of AI, autonomous systems, and quantum tools is rapidly evolving. Regulatory inertia has become a major economic drag.
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Meet the Texas Stock Exchange: Wall St Finally Gets Competition
Backed by major institutions and a booming state economy, the TXSE is positioning itself as a pro-business alternative to the NYSE and Nasdaq.
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Apple’s Child-Safety Pivot Shows Shareholder Engagement Beats Divestment
Two years of behind-the-scenes conversations with investors culminated in new content filtering for minors. The economic and ethical implications reveal where tech governance is headed next.
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Fannie Mae Set to Scrap 620 Credit Score Minimum — Should You Care?
The minimum score was arbitrary anyway, and lenders are able to price risk accordingly.
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AIER Holiday Index: Pandemic Policies Still Raising Prices
Five years of interventionist policy, inflationary finance, and trade restrictions have steadily eroded consumers’ purchasing power.
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•
Business Conditions Monthly: October Showed Slowing Inflation, Waning Momentum
Job growth is slowing, unemployment is rising, and affordability pressures persist heading into the critical holiday season. Economic resilience is at risk.
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•
Inflation Retreats from Late-Summer Highs, Nears Fed Target
Headline and core inflation both cooled over the past two months, led by softening energy costs. Missing data complicates projections.
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•
Denying the Affordability Crisis Won’t Change the Data
American households are hurting. With wage growth lagging and inflation compounding, no amount of presidential bluster can mask the math.
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•
Are Labubus Gen Z’s Beanie Babies?
Easy money creates unusual mascots. Creepy dolls selling for used-car prices signal massively distorted capital conditions.
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•
Business Conditions Monthly September 2025: Data Blackout
The Fed enters its most consequential meeting of the year blinded by shutdown data gaps, armed instead with private proxies and guesswork.
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•
Regulating Yesterday’s Market: When Innovation Moves Faster Than the Law
The next wave of AI, autonomous systems, and quantum tools is rapidly evolving. Regulatory inertia has become a major economic drag.
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•
Meet the Texas Stock Exchange: Wall St Finally Gets Competition
Backed by major institutions and a booming state economy, the TXSE is positioning itself as a pro-business alternative to the NYSE and Nasdaq.
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•
Apple’s Child-Safety Pivot Shows Shareholder Engagement Beats Divestment
Two years of behind-the-scenes conversations with investors culminated in new content filtering for minors. The economic and ethical implications reveal where tech governance is headed next.
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•
Fannie Mae Set to Scrap 620 Credit Score Minimum — Should You Care?
The minimum score was arbitrary anyway, and lenders are able to price risk accordingly.