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Munis were slightly cheaper on Wednesday, as U.S. Treasuries saw losses and equities ended lower. Processing Content Muni yields cheapened by up to three basis points, with the biggest losses in the 10- to 20-year range. UST yields were one to four basis points cheaper. Munis are in a “wait-and-see mode,” said James Pruskowski, managing…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press conference at the Cash Room of the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 24, 2026. Mehmet Eser | Anadolu | Getty Images The Treasury Department on Friday moved to sanction the United Arab Emirates branch of an Egyptian bank over its financial ties to Iran….
Office for National Statistics (ONS) data showed that mortgage interest payments were a significant cause of the higher inflation seen by non-retired households in the year to June 2026. UK household costs rose by 2.8% year-on-year in June. Mortgage interest payments were a leading cause of rising household costs. The payments contributed 0.14 percentage…
Some tech types believe that China has duped Americans into hating AI data centers. Now those voices believe they have proof: A report from Elon Musk’s X, posted Thursday night, that said it found 200 accounts “posting in a manner that could manipulate a legitimate debate about American AI and energy policy.” The posts X…
Midsized real estate firms control huge swaths of commercial real estate. There’s just one problem — they are underfunded. A new report from KKR & Co. states that middle-market CRE sponsors — those with at least 25 properties and less than $1.5B in dry powder — control $5.1T of U.S. real estate but have specialized…
In an attempt to not force another “Warsh” or “Jackson Hole” headline (because it’s a coin flip as to whether it will matter), the calendar offers up another event that is almost guaranteed not to matter. Despite the familiar name, today’s nonfarm payrolls data is not the NFP you’re looking for (that NFP will be…
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The Cantillon effect, the Panama Canal, and Russia While Pickering notes that grain prices began to rise in Q1 as he had initially predicted, the sudden onset of the US-Israeli war with Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz shifted commodity investment capital to a focus on hydrocarbons. It’s an example, Pickering says,…
Local real estate investor Jo-Ann Obergfell is buying a 51-unit multifamily property in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The low-profile Obergfell, using the LLC 59 Bogart tied to an address in Brooklyn, acquired 59 Bogart Street from T30 Capital for $30 million, according to property records and seller broker CBRE. Originally an industrial property, the three-story building…