Global Economic Insights
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Foreign demand for the ballooning US Treasury debt is an increasingly important issue. But how much of that demand is actually “foreign?”
As the United States federal debt surpasses the staggering milestone of $39 trillion, the composition of the investor base holding…
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Predicted Incrementality by Experimentation: A New Methodology for Causal Measurement in Digital Advertising
In a significant development for the digital marketing and data science sectors, a new working paper published by the National…
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Dissecting the Discrepancies in United States Employment Data and the Case for Long-Term Household Survey Averages
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its March 2026 employment report on the first Friday of the month, revealing…
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The Limits of Bilateral Diplomacy and the Necessity of a Regional Framework for US-Iran De-escalation
The recent collapse of the first round of negotiations between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran, facilitated…
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The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America: Price Drops & Gains in 33 Big Expensive Cities, March 2026
The current market correction serves as a sobering counterpoint to the "price explosions" witnessed between mid-2020 and mid-2022. During that…
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Strategic Transfer Pricing by Vertically Integrated Health Care Firms: Evidence from Medicare Part D
New research published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) reveals that vertically integrated healthcare corporations are utilizing sophisticated…
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Allbirds: Hustling AI To Boost Its Shares
Allbirds, the San Francisco-based footwear company once celebrated as a pioneer of sustainable consumer goods, has announced a radical transformation…
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A Multilateral Oil Buyers Club is Urgently Needed to Mitigate the Global Energy Crisis Following the Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz
The intensification of the global energy crisis has reached a critical juncture as the United States initiates a blockade of…
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Nasdaq up by 60% since Liberation Day Selloff and by 100% in 3 Years. People Are Just Having Fun
The momentum behind the Nasdaq has been relentless since the market bottomed following the "Liberation Day" selloff on April 8,…
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The Empathy Channel in Fertility
The Neurobiology of Social Contagion in Fertility At the heart of this research is the proposition that human fertility is…
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