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Inflation and monetary policy are “at a crossroads,” according to Christopher Waller, the longtime Federal Reserve governor who was a viable contender for the Fed chair position now held by Kevin Warsh. Speaking at a New York Association for Business Economics event Monday, Waller posed a key question: Will core inflation, which excludes volatile food…

Courtesy of Speakeasy Fitness A conceptual rendering of the property at 1336 N. La Brea Ave. Speakeasy Fitness is quietly assembling a portfolio of LA real estate, snapping up former office and institutional buildings and converting them into gyms, a strategy that gives the operator control over costs and locations. Its latest move is an…

“While the national delinquency rate and serious delinquency inventory declined, the more telling trend is that new default activity has eased from last year’s levels in four of the past five months and cure activity is improving.” US home prices rose 2.1% year over year in Q2 2026, according to the Federal Housing Finance…

Two of the most important stocks in the semiconductor value chain today are Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM 2.96%) and ASML (ASML 2.06%). TSMC has a virtual monopoly on the manufacturing of advanced logic chips, such as graphics processing units (GPUs) and high-performance central processing units (CPUs), while ASML has a full-blown monopoly on the machines…

Soybeans are posting Turnaround Tuesday losses of 4 to 8 cents so far at midday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is down 7 1/24 cents at $11.82 3/4. Soymeal futures are $2.30 to 3.50 higher, with Soy Oil futures down 70 to 83 points.  Crop Progress data from NASS showed 66% of the US soybean crop…