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Why can’t the US build ships?

by Brian Potter | Oct 21, 2024 | The Economist, zNewsletter

For those of us worried about America’s ability to manufacture things, there’s no shortage of worrying indicators to point to. Manufacturing employment has fallen by a third from its peak in 1979, even as the population has grown by nearly 50% over the same...

It’s a renter’s market out there

by Moses Sternstein | Oct 14, 2024 | The Analyst, zNewsletter

Because there’s no housing shortage, among other reasons. the brand new apartments with the biggest discounts all time high of new apartment supply new units staying on the market longer (which is great news for renters) can’t squeeze rent increases from a stone...

Let us pause to appreciate the remarkable US economy

by Noah Smith | Oct 7, 2024 | The Analyst, zNewsletter

It really doesn’t get much better than this, folks. Last July, I wrote a post called “If this is a bad economy, please tell me what a good economy would look like”. At that time, there was still quite a lot of debate about whether the U.S. economy was...

Real Estate Desiderata: 11 key charts

by Moses Sternstein | Sep 30, 2024 | The Analyst, zNewsletter

CRE hitting bottom? a good time to travel some office landlords are doing pretty great love that used home smell resi markets with a bit of softness Is commercial real estate hitting bottom? Random Walk has gathered data on this point (somewhat skeptically),...

Mass deportation would accomplish nothing

by Noah Smith | Sep 16, 2024 | Investor's Notebook, zNewsletter

Trump’s signature policy would frighten Americans without improving the immigration situation. “The crops are all in and the peaches are rotten/ The oranges piled in their creosote dumps” — Woody Guthrie Ever since Kamala Harris replaced Joe Biden and the...

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