Apricitas Economics

Home
Archive
About
New
Top
Discussion
The Housing Credit Crunch
How the US Housing Market is Surviving the Rapid Increase in Mortgage Rates Over the Last Year
 • 
Joseph Politano
8
Americans' Excess Savings Are Mostly Spent
The Trillions of Extra Dollars Americans Saved During the Early Pandemic Have Been Spent Down Rapidly in the Last Year
 • 
Joseph Politano
13
A Softer Landing on a Longer Runway?
Real Growth is Positive, but Weak—While Inflation is Slowly Decelerating. Can the US Actually Avoid a Recession?
 • 
Joseph Politano
9
Car Inflation is Back—Don't Panic!
Volatile Used Vehicle Prices are Rising Again—But this is Likely Temporary as the Chip Shortage is Alleviating and Underlying Supply Conditions are…
 • 
Joseph Politano
2
Core Inflation is (Finally) Cooling
Tighter Monetary Policy is Now Slowing the Underlying Cyclical Components of Inflation
 • 
Joseph Politano
7
The Risks Still Lurking in the Banking System
2023 Has Seen the Largest Banking Failures Since the Great Recession—and Markets are Still Pricing in Significant Failure Risks for More Banks
 • 
Joseph Politano
5
April 2023
The Death of First Republic?
Rumors of an Imminent FDIC Takeover Circle America's 14th-largest Bank. Can it Survive?
 • 
Joseph Politano
18
America's Industrial Transition
US Manufacturing is Slowing—Excluding the Record Spending on Semiconductor Fabricators and Tech Manufacturing Plants
 • 
Joseph Politano
2
Did the Energy Crisis Accelerate The Energy Transition?
Maybe—But it Also Forced Nations to Use More of Some of the Dirtiest Fossil Fuels and Harmed the Kind of International Cooperation Necessary to Fight…
 • 
Joseph Politano
4
The Disinflationary Process Continues
Headline US Inflation Keeps Cooling Down, and Core Inflation is Finally Showing Some Positive Signs
 • 
Joseph Politano
16
Germany's Slowdown
How the Energy Crisis, a Manufacturing Crunch, and More is Causing Germany's Economy to Fall Behind
 • 
Joseph Politano
2
A Historic Labor Market Recovery
American Employment Rates Have Fully Recovered From the Pandemic—But We Shouldn't Stop Here
 • 
Joseph Politano
4
© 2023 Joseph Politano
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great writing