The Export Giant … The US
April 8, 2025 | Sam Rines
There are far too many tariff headlines. At one moment, the tariffs are being lifted. At another, the tariffs are being increased.
There are far too many tariff headlines. At one moment, the tariffs are being lifted. At another, the tariffs are being increased.
Utilizing data from Yale Budget Lab, the Top 20 Commodity Price Changes from all 2025 tariffs are outlined in the chart below.
Utilizing data from Challenger, Gray & Christmas, the first chart illustrates the relationship between job cuts/layoff announcements (blue line)
The U.S. Rental Vacancy Rate for apartments has continued to move higher, hitting 6.93% in March 2025.
For all the angst and optimism about the potential for DOGE to make progress in cutting government largess, it has yet to show up in the numbers in a truly meaningful way.
Home builders. Lots to say here. With the market volatility and things moving quickly, let's cover the basics.
Best Performers: the Wireless Service Index at 23.16%, followed by the Tobacco Index at 23.06% and the Integrated Telecommunication Services Index at 18.46%.
We examine the total cost of flooding and wildfires in the U.S. from 1980 to 2024 by outlining the cumulative cost by state in the following two heatmaps
The number of "401(k) Millionaires" has more than doubled from 2019 - 2024 (with 233,000 accounts in 2019) for an increase of 130%.