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How do booms and busts in asset prices, in particular for stocks and real estate, relate to financial crises? And why are such bubbles difficult to predict?

Shows the daily level of the federal funds rate back to 1954. The fed funds rate is the interest rate at which depository institutions (banks and credit unions) lend reserve balances to other depository institutions overnight, on an uncollateralized basis. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets eight times a year to determine the federal funds target rate.

Sales: Retail Trade: Total Retail Trade: Volume for United States

Total Debt to Equity for United States

12-Month Moving Average of Weighted Median Hourly Wage Growth: Overall

The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index is a composite of single-family home price indices for the nine U.S. Census divisions and is calculated monthly. It is included

S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index

Find the latest information on NASDAQ-100 Technology Sector Index (NDXT), including data, charts, related news, and more from Nasdaq.com

(Reuters) -Elon Musk's xAI has acquired X in a deal that values the social media platform at $33 billion and allows the value of his artificial intelligence firm to be shared with his co-investors in the company formerly known as Twitter. The deal could also help xAI's ability to train its chatbot known as Grok. "xAI and X's futures are intertwined," Musk, who also heads automaker Tesla and SpaceX, wrote in a post on X: "Today, we officially take the step to combine the data, models, compute, distribution and talent."

Efficiency slices and barges its way through delicate structures, leaving the most vulnerable flailing

We commissioned PwC to undertake the most ambitious analysis to date into the societal and economic benefits of increasing free school meal provision in England.

The Home Office has announced a crackdown on illegal working which it claims will "undermine" people smugglers using "the false promise of jobs for migrants".

It actually makes the case that CO₂ is the dominant control on Earth’s temperature

Before the Industrial Revolution, the British shipbuilding industry was completely dependent on the countries around the Baltic Sea for timb...

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A.R. Moxon: It’s best to understand that fascists see hypocrisy as a virtue. It’s how they signal that the things they are doing to people were never meant to be equally applied. It’s not an inconsistency. It’s very consistent to

The lack of romantic partnerships is an underrated factor causing fertility decline, says researcher Alice Evans.

How the 1968 French uprising sparked a radical blaze and opened the doors of possibility—then slammed them shut.

In the period leading up to Trump’s inauguration, spokesmen for the President-elect repeatedly stressed that he would hit the ground running. Metaphors like “fire hose,” “shock and awe,” and “flooding the zone” were common from those both officially and unofficially associated with Trump.  And hit the ground running, he did indeed. ICE sweeps in Chicago...

Is it a flag on your porch?

If you want to know if the Supreme Court is completely in the tank for MAGA, keep a close eye on these two cases.

The bipartisan case for abundance, briefly explained.

What the beef industry knew about its environmental impact — and how it spent decades blocking climate action.

This story was originally published by KFF Health News. Green lights flickered on the wireless router in Barbara Williams’ kitchen in Boligee, Alabama.

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The Gates Foundation, we learned this week, is backing away from its environmental efforts, slashing staff and funding for projects that sought in part to address global climate change. Bill Gates is "retooling his empire for the Trump era," as The New York Times put it. No mention in that