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ECB saw inflation rising despite nearly three expected hikes, accounts show
10+ hour, 59+ min ago (312+ words) FRANKFURT, July 9 (Reuters) " European Central Bank policymakers gathering last month were presented with projections showing inflation staying above target into next year despite nearly three ECB "interest rate hikes, accounts of the meeting showed on "Thursday. The ECB raised rates…...
Open Borders Contributed to Real Estate Inflation
28+ min ago (21+ words) Learn about the relationship between mass migration and housing affordability as revealed by economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas....
US Lawmaker Pushes Crypto Developer Protections as Senate Weighs CLARITY Act
54+ min ago (472+ words) U. S. Senator Ron Wyden urged Senate leaders to preserve legal protections for non-custodial blockchain developers in the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, drawing crypto policy support while leaving his final vote on the bill uncertain. U. S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) sent a…...
Mortgage Rates Rise as Iran Ceasefire Crumbles
3+ hour, 49+ min ago (810+ words) With strikes on both sides seeming to shatter the U. S. -Iran ceasefire, mortgage rates have been moving higher. Rates had started the week looking a little softer, but that took a turn as tensions flared overseas. The deterioration of the U. S. -Iran…...
Sick of economists talking housing? An architect talks tax
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (842+ words) Economists have a lot to say about housing, most of it wrong. Rather than see housing as a human right, as shelter, first and foremost, they see it as a commodity, a property industry with productivity issues. I'm fed up…...
Governments must fix their debt messes before it's too late
8+ hour, 58+ min ago (348+ words) Almost two decades ago, when trillions of dollars in private housing debt proved unsustainable, governments had to step in to prevent the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression from eclipsing it. But now governments have their own debt problems,…...
Rewriting the reactivity rules: A new catalyst for recycling mixed plastics
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (418+ words) image: Japanese researchers have developed a catalyst that selectively degrades polyurethane in mixed plastic waste, opening a practical route to recycling materials long considered too complex to separate. view more Credit: Takanori Iwasaki / Kyushu University On 9 July 2026, a Japanese research…...
Trump Administration Walks Back Key Export Figure With Stunning 90% Revision
1+ hour, 8+ min ago (268+ words) Mediaite beef export figure on Thursday after the Department of Agriculture acknowledged it had published erroneous data, revising the number down by roughly 90%, according to Reuters Just one week earlier, the USDA reported that net U. S beef export sales for…...
Government waives import duty on inputs for manufacturing batteries, display assemblies
4+ hour, 54+ min ago (382+ words) The Union finance ministry has exempted customs duty on 85 capital goods used in'lithium-ion cell manufacturing, as well as on inputs used in the manufacture of display assemblies and inductor-coil modules for wireless charging in cellular mobile phones, till March 2029 to…...