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Massive US transfer payments drove disposable income up even as GDP fell. During the pandemic, transfers surged 75% in 2020 and 89% in 2021, pushing DPI higher while GDP growth turned negative.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Massive US transfer payments drove disposable income up even as GDP fell. During the pandemic, transfers surged 75% in 2020 and 89% in 2021, pushing DPI higher while GDP growth turned negative.
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Lower interest rates would likely eliminate the need for 50-year mortgage, US Treasury adviser says - Reuters
Lower interest rates would likely eliminate the need for 50-year mortgage, US Treasury adviser says
Lower interest rates would likely eliminate the need for a 50-year mortgage floated by President Donald Trump to boost housing affordability, Joseph Lavorgna, a counselor to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, said on Wednesday.
www.reuters.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Lower interest rates would likely eliminate the need for 50-year mortgage, US Treasury adviser says - Reuters
Bessent: China is reaching 'correct cadence' to complete promised US soybean purchases - Reuters
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December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Bessent: China is reaching 'correct cadence' to complete promised US soybean purchases - Reuters
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Lutnick Eyes Big Taiwan Investment, Lai Hints at Some Issues - Bloomberg
Lutnick Eyes Big Taiwan Investment, Lai Hints at Some Issues
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that the US is expecting a large investment pledge from Taiwan in trade talks, while the self-governing island’s president, Lai Ching-te, listed areas that need improvement in order for projects to be completed.
www.bloomberg.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Lutnick Eyes Big Taiwan Investment, Lai Hints at Some Issues - Bloomberg
New fuel economy rules will save Americans up to $109 billion, White House says - Axios
Trump's new lower fuel-economy rules will make cars cheaper, White House says
It's the latest in a series of rollbacks of Biden-era policies by the administration.
www.axios.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
New fuel economy rules will save Americans up to $109 billion, White House says - Axios
Bessent says Trump admin will be able to replicate tariffs even if it loses Supreme Court decision - CNBC
Bessent says Trump admin will be able to replicate tariffs even if it loses Supreme Court decision
The Treasury secretary cited several sections of 1962 Trade Act that give the president sweeping powers over import duties.
www.cnbc.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Bessent says Trump admin will be able to replicate tariffs even if it loses Supreme Court decision - CNBC
US import prices unexpectedly flat in September - Reuters
US import prices unexpectedly flat in September
U.S. import prices were unexpectedly unchanged in September as high costs for consumer goods, excluding motor vehicles, were offset by cheaper energy products.
www.reuters.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
US import prices unexpectedly flat in September - Reuters
US Services Activity Expands at Fastest Pace in Nine Months - Bloomberg
US Services Activity Expands at Fastest Pace in Nine Months
US services activity expanded at a slightly faster pace in November, while a measure of prices paid dropped to a seven-month low.
www.bloomberg.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
US Services Activity Expands at Fastest Pace in Nine Months - Bloomberg
US Industrial Production Barely Increased in September - Bloomberg
US Industrial Production Barely Increased in September
US industrial production barely rose in September, restrained by flat factory output that is consistent with sluggish manufacturing.
www.bloomberg.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
US Industrial Production Barely Increased in September - Bloomberg
Industrial Production Index (September)
MoM: +0.1% | YoY: +1.6%
Capacity Utilization (September): 75.9%
YoY: +1.4%
MoM: +0.1% | YoY: +1.6%
Capacity Utilization (September): 75.9%
YoY: +1.4%
Federal Reserve Board - Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization -
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The Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington DC.
www.federalreserve.gov
December 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Industrial Production Index (September)
MoM: +0.1% | YoY: +1.6%
Capacity Utilization (September): 75.9%
YoY: +1.4%
MoM: +0.1% | YoY: +1.6%
Capacity Utilization (September): 75.9%
YoY: +1.4%
US to announce ‘bridge payment’ for farmers next week, Rollins says - Reuters
US to announce ‘bridge payment’ for farmers next week, Rollins says | Reuters
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Tuesday that the Trump administration will announce a “bridge payment” for farmers next week that is designed to provide short-term relief while longer trade and aid packages are finalized.
www.reuters.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
US to announce ‘bridge payment’ for farmers next week, Rollins says - Reuters
USDA Sec. threatens funding cuts to blue states over alleged SNAP data noncompliance - CNBC
USDA Sec. threatens funding cuts to blue states over alleged SNAP data noncompliance
The Trump administration threatened to cut off federal funding to blue states over their alleged refusal to share SNAP program data.
www.cnbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
USDA Sec. threatens funding cuts to blue states over alleged SNAP data noncompliance - CNBC
Donald Trump says he will nominate Federal Reserve chair in ‘early’ 2026 - FT
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December 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Donald Trump says he will nominate Federal Reserve chair in ‘early’ 2026 - FT
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US to lower tariffs on South Korean autos to 15% effective Nov 1, Lutnick says - Reuters
US to lower tariffs on South Korean autos to 15% effective Nov 1, Lutnick says
The U.S. will lower import duties on South Korean autos to 15% effective retroactively to November 1 and match the reciprocal tariffs imposed on Japan and the EU, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
US to lower tariffs on South Korean autos to 15% effective Nov 1, Lutnick says - Reuters
Fed Flags Risks Tied to Office Space, Capital Planning - Bloomberg
Fed Flags Potential Risks Tied to Office Space, Capital Planning
The Federal Reserve said it was monitoring community and regional banks’ commercial real estate loan portfolios amid concerns over “elevated interest rates, tighter underwriting standards, and lower commercial property values.”
www.bloomberg.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Fed Flags Risks Tied to Office Space, Capital Planning - Bloomberg
US announces zero tariff pharmaceutical deal with Britain - Reuters
US announces zero tariff pharmaceutical deal with Britain
The United States and Britain announced a deal on Monday to securezero tariffs on British pharmaceutical products and medical technology in return for Britain spending more on medicines and overhauling how it values drugs.
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
US announces zero tariff pharmaceutical deal with Britain - Reuters
US Factory Activity Shrinks by the Most in Four Months - Bloomberg
US Factory Activity Shrinks by the Most in Four Months
US factory activity shrank in November by the most in four months as orders weakened, indicating manufacturers are struggling to break free from an extended period of malaise.
www.bloomberg.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
US Factory Activity Shrinks by the Most in Four Months - Bloomberg
Atlanta Fed GDPNow Estimate for Q3 2025: +3.9%
GDPNow
GDPNow forecasting model provides a
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December 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Atlanta Fed GDPNow Estimate for Q3 2025: +3.9%
US manufacturing slump deepens in November - Reuters
US manufacturing slump deepens in November
U.S. manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month in November, with factories facing slumping orders and higher prices for inputs as the drag from import tariffs persisted.
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
US manufacturing slump deepens in November - Reuters
Trump says he's picked who he wants to lead the Fed - Axios
Trump says he's picked who he wants to lead the Fed
After reporters asked if it's Kevin Hassett, a smiling Trump said: "I'm not telling you."
www.axios.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Trump says he's picked who he wants to lead the Fed - Axios
Income taxes could be eliminated soon due to tariffs, Trump says - Axios
Income taxes could be eliminated soon due to tariffs, Trump says
The government's individual income tax revenue last fiscal year was nearly 14 times its tariff revenue.
www.axios.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Income taxes could be eliminated soon due to tariffs, Trump says - Axios
Trump says he'll "permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries" - Axios
Trump says he'll "permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries"
He's stepped up his hardline immigration crackdown since an Afghan national was named the suspect in this week's deadly D.C. attack.
www.axios.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Trump says he'll "permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries" - Axios
States ramp up 2025 housing reforms as Montana, California and others cut parking minimums, streamline subdivisions and open factory-built and single-staircase homes to speed construction and ease persistent housing shortages.
States look for clogs in the housing pipeline | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
As they seek to lower their residents’ housing costs, states are tweaking land use laws and other regulatory frameworks
www.minneapolisfed.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
States ramp up 2025 housing reforms as Montana, California and others cut parking minimums, streamline subdivisions and open factory-built and single-staircase homes to speed construction and ease persistent housing shortages.
Top earners lifted their share of consumption from 53% to 57% over 30 years, yet models show this shift adds little economic fragility as asset and labor shocks still produce only modest changes in aggregate spending.
Consumption concentration may be up, adding slightly to economic fragility
Analysts have taken notice of the large share of total U.S. spending attributable to the very highest earners. The concerns are that the emergence of K-shaped growth—bifurcated activity at an elevated rate among high earners and much more restrained among most others—may put the U.S. in greater economic peril.
www.dallasfed.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Top earners lifted their share of consumption from 53% to 57% over 30 years, yet models show this shift adds little economic fragility as asset and labor shocks still produce only modest changes in aggregate spending.
Atlanta Fed GDPNow Estimate for Q3 2025: +3.9%
GDPNow
GDPNow forecasting model provides a
www.atlantafed.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Atlanta Fed GDPNow Estimate for Q3 2025: +3.9%