We’re exploring the trends affecting the health care industry. Here’s the latest: The expanding role of paramedics in hospital-at-home models. … READ MORE >
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Market Minute: Reservation wages decline as worker discontent grows
The reservation wage, or the lowest wage rate at which a worker will accept a particular job offer, has declined this year to $74,135 from $82,236 last year, according to the New York Fed. … READ MORE >
Market Minute: A word about central bank independence
Cutting the policy rate into conditions best described as stagflation would only intensify that movement, driving capital flows into euros, yen and francs while driving interest rates higher. … READ MORE >
5 things to know in life sciences: Week of April 14, 2025
The Raleigh, North Carolina region emerges as a key hub in pharma onshoring surge. This and more in this week’s life sciences update. … READ MORE >
Market Minute: Term premium rising as Fed independence at risk
Trade shock has turned into financial shock in the form of a rising term premium as investors unwind risk and diversify away from dollar-denominated assets. … READ MORE >
Housing starts plunge in March as builder sentiment sours
Housing starts fell by 11.4% in March to 1.3 million on an annualized basis, well below the equilibrium level between supply and demand. … READ MORE >
Market Minute: Inventories increase again in February as tariffs loom
Businesses continued to brace for the imposition of tariffs, with total inventories increasing by 0.2% in February after rising by 0.6% in January. … READ MORE >
U.S. retail sales surge as consumers race to beat tariffs
Headline retail sales rose by 1.4% in March, matching lofty market expectations. The increase was largely fueled by strong demand for autos and construction materials. … READ MORE >
Market Minute: Real income expectations plummet
March retail sales will see a pop of greater than 1% when the Census Bureau releases the data on Thursday as households pull forward consumption in advance of higher tariffs. … READ MORE >
Market Minute: Housing units under construction easing
Cost curves associated with housing construction are rising, margins are thinning and it would logically follow that construction unemployment will increase later this year. … READ MORE >