It is hard to find a leading theme for a data dump/chart collection, so this edition is going to be rather random.
Let’s start with the fact that Biden is so feeble that the White House doesn’t dare put him out for a full-scale press conference:
That’s because he’s busy doing this:
Let’s look at apartment rents in New York City—make of this what you will:
Is COVID on its way to being over?
Curiouser and curiouser. . .
A history of inflation, and a reminder that those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it:
One COVID effect I like:
State and local government tax revenue not hit as much as you might think:
And those stimmy checks sure do make a difference:
FWIW:
We’re being told that climate change is causing more fatal avalanches (except now COVID is, but whatever); it looks like they’ve been increasing steadily for a long time—maybe because more people are going into risky areas?
And finally. . .
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