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Oct 04 2022
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US home prices drop at fastest pace since 2009
Home prices in the U.S. are sinking at the fastest monthly pace since the Great Recession, evidence that rising mortgage rates are rapidly slowing activity in the housing market.
Median home prices fell 0.98% in August from a month earlier, following a 1.05% drop in July, mortgage analytics firm Black Knight said in a report Monday.
"Together they represent two straight months
Fox Business
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May 12 2022
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U.S. surpassed 100,000 overdose deaths in 2021
More than 100,000 people died from drug overdoses in the U.S. in 2021, more than in any other year on record, according to provisional data released by the National Center for Health Statistics Wednesday.
Why it matters: The grim milestone, a 15% increase from overdose deaths in 2020, occurred during the coronavirus pandemic, which also killed over 415,000 in the country that year and
Axios
Aug 31 2022
Analysis
A New Way to Measure Heat Risks for People
For all the images of ski resorts and snow-capped peaks, Colorado is experiencing shorter winters and hotter summers that are increasingly putting people at risk for heat-related illnesses. Yet until this year, the National Weather Service hadn’t issued a heat advisory for the Denver metropolitan area in 13 years.
That’s because the heat index commonly used by the weather service to
Scientific American
Sep 23 2022
News
War, Inflation Knock World Economy Off Balance
The global economy outside the U.S. is stuttering, knocked off course by soaring inflation, an energy crisis and now Russia’s nuclear war threats.
Business surveys published on Friday indicate that economic activity in Europe declined sharply in September, raising the risk of recession in one of the world’s industrial powerhouses as governments grapple with surging prices and
Wall Street Journal (News)
Apr 12 2022
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Consumer prices rose 8.5% in March, slightly hotter than expected and the highest since 1981
Prices that consumers pay for everyday items surged in March to their highest levels since the early days of the Reagan administration, according to Labor Department data released Tuesday.
The consumer price index, which measures a wide-ranging basket of goods and services, jumped 8.5% from a year ago on an unadjusted basis, above even the already elevated Dow Jones estimate for 8.4%.
CNBC
Nov 28 2022
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Georgia’s runoff remains close in first days of early voting
Early voting in Georgia’s runoff Senate election is underway in what is likely to be another close race, according to recent polling.
The latest polling averages from FiveThirtyEight place Republican candidate Herschel Walker one percentage point ahead of Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock. AARP, however, released a poll last week showing Warnock leading by four percentage points.
NewsNation
Oct 28 2022
News
The Other Red Wave
On the menu today: Let’s take a deep dive into the aspect of the midterms that seems to get glossed over, namely, the battle for the House of Representatives, and thinking about why the House races never get as much attention as the Senate or gubernatorial races.
That Less-Discussed GOP House Wave
You haven’t heard as much about the battle for the House of Representatives this
National Review (News)
Jun 16 2022
News
Liz Cheney given 10% chance of winning reelection: CNN
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) has a mere 10% chance of winning reelection, according to a report.
"On Cheney, if you go over to Wyoming, look at her disapproval rating," said Harry Enten, a senior data reporter at CNN.
"Essentially, what you see is that it has doubled, more than doubled, gone up 40 points from before she voted to impeach Donald Trump to after voting to impeach Donald
Washington Examiner
Aug 22 2022
Perspectives Blog
Here's Where Democrats and Republicans Agree on the Issue of Poverty
Poverty compounds many policies and social issues, from education to incarceration, and affects communities regardless of political affiliation. This means that both sides have incentives to mitigate it, resulting in a lot of common ground on the issue.
Here are a few examples of data and stories to support that:
67% of Democrats, 73% of Independents, and 77% of Republicans are Clare Ashcraft