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Real Estate
A New Bill Proposes Tax-Free Savings for Homeownership—Here’s How It Could Help Prospective Investors
In This Article In the quest to boost homeownership, a new bill has been floated that could gain enough bipartisan…
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Lifestyle
Have a Sweet Weekend. | Cup of Jo
What are you up to this weekend? We’re knocking around the neighborhood and making a fruit crumble. I’ve also had…
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Economy
Detrended Sentiment | Econbrowser
Using the HP filter applied to U.Michigan Sentiment, consumers don’t seem too gloomy relative to “average”. But they do seem…
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Economy
U.Mich Sentiment, Gallup Confidence Plunge
May Michigan Sentiment downwardly revised from preliminary, to a record low. Figure 1: U.Michigan Economic Sentiment (blue), Conference Board Confidence Index…
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Economy
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Economy
Why the January CBO Baseline Debt Will Be Off
In a previous post, I noted that the January CBO projection of debt would likely be an underestimate, and perhaps…
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Economy
“From Bust to Boom: Stock Market Participation and the Housing Boom”
That’s the title of a paper by Yanshuo Chen, (PhD, UCSC): This paper shows that the dot-com crash contributed to…
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Real Estate
The 2026 Recession Is Here
Dave:I created a new better way of tracking recessions in the United States. I told you exactly what would trigger…
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Lifestyle
8 Inspiring Reader Comments on Life Changes
One of my favorite things is when Cup of Jo readers give pep talks in the comment section. For example,…
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Economy
Who Holds Federal Debt As of March 30
Let’s hope foreign non-official sector wants to hold on to US government debt. Figure 1: Federal debt held by the…
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