Good morning.While most headlines are focused on earnings, interest rates, or Musk’s latest move, the real signals are happening at the intersection of technology, policy, and capital flows. This week, we got three major stories — and each of them hints at the type of...
If you want to understand who’s really paying for Donald Trump’s tariffs, don’t look at Beijing, look in your driveway. Or more precisely, look at the earnings report from General Motors.GM just disclosed that tariffs cost them over $1.1 billion in lost profits. Not...
It’s getting harder to ignore the tension between the Trump team and the Fed — and Scott Bessent just poured gasoline on the fire. The Treasury Secretary is now calling for a review of the Federal Reserve’s $2.5 billion renovation of its D.C. headquarters. Yes, $2.5...
Monday brought a double dose of bad news for anyone paying attention to trade flows, fiscal health, or the macro environment developers operate within. If you’re in real estate, you might not think shipping containers and federal deficits are your business. But they...
There’s no slow start to the week when Wall Street is bracing for a showdown between Trump and Powell, the EU is dusting off its tariff playbook, and HUD is floating rental policy changes that could throw millions of tenants—and landlords—into flux. Let’s unpack what...
We talk a lot about artificial intelligence reshaping the economy, but the reality is that AI’s geographic footprint looks more like a spotlight than a floodlight. According to a new Brookings Metro report, just 30 metropolitan areas in the U.S. are capturing...
