United States

This article was written by Brandon Smith and originally published at Birch Gold Group

Historically speaking, inflation/stagflation has always been a disastrous affair. One is hard pressed to find any legitimate examples of a country that experienced an aggressive inflationary event that came out better for it. A rare scenario would be one in which a nation inflates to fund a war that they then win, but usually negative consequences still happen later down the road.

Data in this visualization comes from the NPUC Annual Utility Decarbonization Report 2023

The 2023 Utility Decarbonization Index

The U.S. Mortgage Rate vs. Existing Home Sales

The U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has reached its highest level since 2002.

Coupled with rising home prices and a constrained housing inventory, U.S. housing affordability is now at its lowest point in history, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Mapped: The Age of U.S. Senators, by State

The passing of California Senator Dianne Feinstein at the age of 90 is throwing a spotlight on America’s political establishment, not only with the government narrowly escaping shutdown, but on questions of ageism, representation, and fitness for office.

Feinstein had a noteworthy career. As the longest-running woman in the Senate’s history, she served the nation’s most populous state.