Demographics: College enrollment plummets
Down by 20% over 13 years.
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!
Business: Gen Z men earning MBA earn more than women
There is a partial explanation for this.
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.
Education: How an ETS GRE Scoring Error Screwed Thousands of Students
In the early 1980s, ETS screwed thousands of students taking the GRE graduate admission exam. I know, because I was one of those students.
Economy: Historical mortgage interest rates
Rates are currently similar to or even a bit lower than they were for a quarter century recently.
Demographics: Seattle public schools lose 3,000 students
That's losing 5 to 10 schools worth of students.
Economy: Average car loan duration, over time
And why we've mostly bought used vehicles, paying cash.
Demographics: Foreign-born share of population by state
We know that 15.8% of the US population was foreign born in early 2025. But that population is not distributed equally in the country.