Should the Treasury issue more short-term bonds to finance the $40 trillion national debt? Plus: Multifamily construction, PCE methodology, and craft stores.
The cost of imported goods was up 4.5% year-over-year, when you cut out volatile energy prices. Plus: Bond buybacks, Venezuela-U.S. oil deals, and a tariff standoff.
Can the cattle industry bounce back from meatpacking plant closures? Plus: housing starts, retail earnings, a distillery business, and the global bond market.
Consumer spending might not rebound quickly, according to the University of Michigan’s survey for August. Plus: China’s economy, GDP, Colorado mail fraud, Reddit, and plastics.
The government is selling 30-year bonds with interest rates at a quarter-century high. Plus: the Producer Price Index, coal’s decline, a water crisis, and solar energy.
