Newly built homes made up almost a third of houses for sale in the U.S. in May, compared to the usual 10 to 20 percent, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR).
Category: 25 July 2023
CONSUMERS WAITING “FOR THE OTHER SHOE TO DROP”
Two key surveys of consumers’ views of the economy both posted their most positive results in 18 months or more.
CHINA’S ECONOMIC WEAKNESS LEAKS ONTO WALL STREET
Stock-watchers expect a raft of disappointing second-quarter earnings reports from tech firms, luxury retailers, and other companies dependent on China, according to Reuters.
DOLLAR’S VALUE SINKS FURTHER AS BIG BANKS TURN BEARISH
After closing at 99.91 on 17 July, the U.S. dollar regained little ground against an assortment of other major currencies, trading at 101.08 at 5 p.m. U.S. EDT on 21 July.
IT’S PAST TIME TO BE HONEST ABOUT ISRAEL
One might think that since Honest Joe Biden declared his latest war entitled the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Anti Semitism in May the media has certainly taken up the task of exposing evil in these United States by reporting every affront to Jewish groups or individuals and to the Jewish state, Israel.
MENTAL HEALTH ROUNDUPS: THE NEXT PHASE OF THE GOVERNMENT’S WAR ON THOUGHT CRIMES
“There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is a dangerous activity.”—Hannah Arendt
WAS COVID A BIOWEAPON THAT TARGETS CERTAIN RACES?
According to mainstream media, Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently made claims about COVID-19 being an ethnically targeted bioweapon. That is false.
BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
Japan envisions web3 technology as the next wave of economic empowerment and inclusion.
The country has been formally focused on providing legal clarity and friendliness to development and infrastructure for web3 since January of 2022.
RENEWABLE ENERGY WILL MEET “NET ZERO” TARGET BY 2050, NEW STUDY SAYS
If current trends persist, renewable energy will claim a third of new global electricity generating capacity by 2030, according to a new report from the nonpartisan, nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI).
BUILDING A BETTER TREE
Using Nobel Prize-winning CRISPR gene editing technology, researchers at North Carolina State University have smartened up poplar trees to make them a better source of wood fibers.