Prices of New Single-Family Homes Drop Further, Inventory of Completed New Homes for Sale Highest since 2009 by Wolf Richter • Mar 19, 2026 • 37 Comments Hoping for lower mortgage rates that may not come.
Bond Market Gets Edgy as US Treasury Debt Hits $39 Trillion, Spiking by $2 Trillion in 7.5 Months and Not Slowing Down by Wolf Richter • Mar 19, 2026 • 80 Comments But debt doesn’t exist in a vacuum: The Debt-to-GDP and Deficit-to-GDP ratios provide (ugly) context.
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America: Price Drops & Gains in 33 Big Expensive Cities, February 2026 by Wolf Richter • Mar 17, 2026 • 50 Comments Each city has its own housing market. In some, home prices have dropped a lot; in others, prices have hit new highs.
Another Mostly Empty Office Tower in San Francisco Sells for 75% Off: Juul’s Abandoned Headquarters by Wolf Richter • Mar 16, 2026 • 45 Comments Now there’s a new wave of investor-funded tenants in town that are swimming in cash: AI companies.
Supply of Single-Family Homes Surges to Highest for February in 9 Years, Demand Stuck in the Deepfreeze by Wolf Richter • Mar 10, 2026 • 73 Comments Condo sales plunged to a record low shared with two other months.
Where Americans Spend their Trillions on Goods and How that Changed since 2015 by Wolf Richter • Mar 6, 2026 • 60 Comments Big structural changes in spending patterns created winners and losers.
Supply of Labor Fell in 2025 on Immigration Crackdown: Massive Change in Labor Market Dynamics that Explains a Lot by Wolf Richter • Mar 6, 2026 • 51 Comments The annual adjustments of the labor force to the new population estimates are in, and they’re revealing.
Companies Report Raging Inflation, Except in Wages & Rents by Wolf Richter • Mar 5, 2026 • 144 Comments Double-digit increases in employee health insurance costs hold down wage increases.
U.S. Gasoline Demand Fell Further amid Long-Term Structural Shift: Plunging Per-Capita Consumption by Wolf Richter • Mar 4, 2026 • 70 Comments Even as miles driven rose to a record.