Economy: Credit card 90+ day delinquencies
This does not look good - suggests recession is near.
Economy: Trends in net worth
The largest change is in the net worth of the top 1% and then the top 0.1%.
Economy: Should homes be turned in to multi-unit room rentals?
Should we tax "unused rooms"? And what is a unused room?
Demographics: The Downsizing Dilemma
"Boomers" are supposed to downsize to smaller homes. But the US has not built many smaller homes in most of the past 50 years.
Demographics: “Boomers” are the cause of high priced homes
Economy: Housing problems are all due to "boomers" because they are not moving to smaller homes. Reality: The US has not built smaller homes for 50 years.
Economy: Are job cuts leading to a recession?
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates today, it is said, because of concerns over the job market.
Housing: The myth of “baby boomers” causing a housing shortage
The media has a meme that home prices are high because "Boomers" are not downsizing. Except those 65+ are already in smaller homes - duh!
Personal Finance: 40% of those earning over $500k are “living paycheck to paycheck”
Apparently those making a lot are financially illiterate, as their "wants" grow with their salary.
Economy: Historical mortgage interest rates
Rates are currently similar to or even a bit lower than they were for a quarter century recently.
Economy: Average car loan duration, over time
And why we've mostly bought used vehicles, paying cash.
Media: If Republicans don’t fix the health insurance markets that Democrats broke …
This story blames Republicans for high ACA health insurance premiums - even though the ACA was designed, written, and implemented by Democrats.
Demographics: “Tiny homes”
The "tiny home" market is so tiny that it pretty much does not even exist.
Economy: % of median income needed to buy a home
This chart doesn't go with the social media memes on home prices, currently.
Economics: “Late stage capitalism”
"Late stage capitalism" is a pop term on Gen Z online videos. The term is actually 100 years old ....