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PROPERTY & RIGHTS

What your house has been doing while you slept

Jun 23, 2026

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What your house has been doing while you slept

The Fed put the new figure out on the 11th.

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MONEY & MARKETS

$3,820 — the real cost of keeping $100,000 in your savings account last year

Jun 22, 2026

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$3,820 — the real cost of keeping $100,000 in your savings account last year

CPI just hit its highest reading since April 2023. That's the number your interest rate has to beat — and isn't.

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THE ECONOMY & MAIN STREET

109 days: the Strait of Hormuz closed, and 20 million barrels a day went to zero

Jun 19, 2026

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109 days: the Strait of Hormuz closed, and 20 million barrels a day went to zero

$4 gas, $126 oil, and 109 straight days of zero flow through the world's busiest oil chokepoint.

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GOVERNMENT & POWER

The number that got buried while everyone watched the Fed yesterday

Jun 18, 2026

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The number that got buried while everyone watched the Fed yesterday

At $88 billion a month, the debt bill passed the defense budget — and the Fed may not be done raising rates.

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COST OF LIVING

Your neighborhood's next build just stopped

Jun 17, 2026

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Your neighborhood's next build just stopped

Builders pulled back the hardest since the lockdown.

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MONEY & MARKETS

What your grocer paid last month

Jun 16, 2026

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What your grocer paid last month

It hasn't hit your receipt yet. It will.

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PEOPLE & SOCIETY

Three richest men, or just one

Jun 15, 2026

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Three richest men, or just one

Page, Brin, Bezos combined — still short.

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PROPERTY & RIGHTS

The last time this happened, gas was 31 cents

Jun 12, 2026

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The last time this happened, gas was 31 cents

American farmers haven't grown this little wheat since 1962.

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MONEY & MARKETS

The dollar just lost ground again

Jun 11, 2026

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The dollar just lost ground again

The Fed's target is half of this.

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GOVERNMENT & POWER

What 100 days of war cost your family

Jun 9, 2026

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What 100 days of war cost your family

Moody's did the arithmetic. It's bigger than you think.

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THE ECONOMY & MAIN STREET

Where the hiring recession actually went

Jun 8, 2026

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Where the hiring recession actually went

It didn't end. It moved.

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COST OF LIVING

The most expensive room in healthcare

Jun 5, 2026

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The most expensive room in healthcare

Same procedure. Triple the bill. Depending on the door.

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MONEY & MARKETS

Gold just did what gold always does

Jun 4, 2026

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Gold just did what gold always does

Iran. Inflation. A Fed that might hike. Guess.

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GOVERNMENT & POWER

The biggest workforce cut in 70 years

Jun 2, 2026

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The biggest workforce cut in 70 years

And it’s not at a Fortune 500.

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PEOPLE & SOCIETY

The 14th largest city beat them all

Jun 1, 2026

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The 14th largest city beat them all

And nobody’s talking about it.

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MONEY & MARKETS

What Q1 corporate profits actually showed

May 29, 2026

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What Q1 corporate profits actually showed

The quarter before told a very different story.

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THE ECONOMY & MAIN STREET

Americans haven’t saved this little in 70 years

May 28, 2026

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Americans haven’t saved this little in 70 years

The savings rate hasn’t looked like this since the 2008 run-up.

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PROPERTY & RIGHTS

Smaller herd than 1951. Bigger appetite than ever.

May 26, 2026

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Smaller herd than 1951. Bigger appetite than ever.

Your Memorial Day cookout already told you.

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MONEY & MARKETS

Wall Street just flipped the script on rates

May 25, 2026

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Wall Street just flipped the script on rates

Three months ago they were pricing cuts. Not anymore.

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COST OF LIVING

Same house. Six years later.

May 23, 2026

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Same house. Six years later.

The walls didn't move. The math did.

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THE ECONOMY & MAIN STREET

A tax not seen since Truman

May 22, 2026

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A tax not seen since Truman

Treasury just confirmed it. The math is brutal.

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PEOPLE & SOCIETY

27 hours vs. 30 days

May 21, 2026

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27 hours vs. 30 days

The border just hit a 34-year line.

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MONEY & MARKETS

The last time bonds did this, Bush was president

May 20, 2026

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The last time bonds did this, Bush was president

Iraq surge. iPhone launch. Pre-housing-crash.

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GOVERNMENT & POWER

The U.S. can't outrun this payment

May 19, 2026

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The U.S. can't outrun this payment

It's bigger than what Washington spends on defense.

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COST OF LIVING

The seat didn't change. The price did

May 15, 2026

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The seat didn't change. The price did

Tuesday's CPI buried this on page four.

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