Immigration to the US
Fascinating animation: Immigration to the US, 1820-2007 v2 from Ian S on Vimeo.
Q3 Flow of Funds
The Fed’s quarterly z1 Flow of FUnds report is out, and its none too pretty: Household net worth—the difference between the value...
Continuing Claims Chart
Initial Jobless Claims totaled a much higher than expected 573k, almost 50k more than forecasts and up from a revised 515k last week....
More CRA Idiocy
Howard Husock has an exercise in cognitive dissonance in today’s NYT Op-Ed pages titled Housing Goals We Can’t Afford, and it...
Foreclosures Rise 28%
> RealtyTrac released its November foreclosure numbers, and they were not pretty. • November Foreclosure activity decreased 7% from...
Treasury Slammed Over TARP
Draft Report by Oversight Panel Alleges That TARP Won’t Help Average Americans, Won’t Stem Foreclosures, Has No Comprehensive...
SEC’s Chair’s Bailout Bull$%&t
In what I can only type with a combination of disgust and astonishment, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox blames the current crisis on the...
The Rise and Fall of Oil
In 2008, the value of crude-oil rose to nearly $150 a barrel, only to plummet to just over $40 a barrel. WSJ’s Liam Denning talks...