Putin Will Collect a $321 Billion Windfall Partially Thanks to Sanctions – Mish Talk
Stop Imports Now Idea and Image via Tweet Big Windfall Bloomberg reports Putin May Collect $321 Billion Windfall If Oil and Gas Keep Flowing For...
Fed Now Says Reducing Elevated Inflation Is of Paramount Importance – Mish Talk
Reducing Elevated Inflation ‘Is of Paramount Importance’ At a virtual conference on April 5 Fed vice-chair nominee Lael Brainard discusses a Variation in the Inflation...
Mortgage Rates Top 5%, Highest in Over 6 Years – Mish Talk
Mortgage rates courtesy of Mortgage New Daily (MND) At the start of 2022, the MND average survey rate on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages was 2.76%. This...
Age Group 18-34 Wants More Free Money for Themselves. But Who Will Pay for the Free Money? – Mish Talk
Data on Progress Poll, annotations by Mish Business Insider writer Ayelet Sheffey says Student loan forgiveness could lure nearly half of Americans in key battleground states to...
De-Globalization: New Supply Chains Are Inefficient and Will Drive Up Inflation – Mish Talk
Global map from Nations Online Project, annotations by Mish EU Existing Gas Supply The EU gets about 40% of its total natural gas supply from...
Let’s Look at Four Measures of Inflation Plus a Spotlight on Food – Mish Talk
Inflation data from St. Louis Fed, chart by Mish Chart Notes CPI stands for Consumer Price Index PCE stands for Personal Consumption Expenditures. PCE differs...
Via Clever Tactics, Putin Gets His Way on Rubles for Energy Demand – Mish Talk
Understanding Putin’s Clever Tactic Russian president Vladimir Putin demanded rubles for energy. His concern was that new EU sanctions that would freeze euro-denominated accounts of...
The Ruble Regains 100% of Its Loss After Russia Invaded Ukraine, Why? – Mish Talk
Ruble chart courtesy of Trading Economics, annotations by Mish Key Points When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, it took 84 rubles to buy 1...
Real Personal Income Declines for the 9th Time in 10 Months – Mish Talk
Spending and Income data from BEA, chart by Mish The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released Personal Income and Outlays data for February of 2022...
2021 Set New Annual Records for Home Prices. 2022 Continues the Trend. – Mish Talk
Case-Shiller home price data via St. Louis Fed, chart by Mish Home Prices Disconnect From Rent and OER Case-Shiller home price data and CPI data...