Germany is a strange country, Germans rent instead of owning property, don’t buy stocks, overspend on insurances, but complain about „inequality“ & „the rich“. Folks, if you want to get wealthy, you need to take some risk in life. Stop whining and blaming others for your failure.
No signs of improving productivity. If anything, 1H25 average suggests further slowing from previous few years.
Productivity surge in 2Q25 was mostly an offset of the overly weak print in 1Q because of the wonky GDP data due to tariff front running. 2 qtr average <1% annualized.
France's 30-year government bond yield is now the highest since 2008 (green). We're in a new world. COVID landed us with a global debt overhang. There's no room for big deficits now, because markets' appetite for more debt is low. The right response is to reform. Not cap yields.
📊 A snapshot of effective U.S. tariff rates by country, product, and specific imports (e.g., smartphones from China). Data via Bloomberg's WSL TARIFF<GO>.
Widespread housing market softening
49 of the nation's 50 largest metro area housing markets have a weaker year-over-year home price shift this spring than a year ago
Analysis via @ResidentialClub
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