ashutoshjhabuz@gmail.com

Asking Rents Mostly Unchanged Year-over-year

Economics /

by Calculated Risk on 7/02/2025 12:32:00 PM Today, in the Real Estate Newsletter: Asking Rents Mostly Unchanged Year-over-year Brief excerpt: Another monthly update on rents. Tracking rents is important for understanding the dynamics of the housing market. Slower household formation and increased supply (more multi-family completions) has kept asking rents under pressure. More recently, immigration […]

Asking Rents Mostly Unchanged Year-over-year Read More »

Climate is changing fast—and forests are 200 years behind

Innovatioins /

Ecologists are concerned that forest ecosystems will not keep pace with a rapidly changing climate, failing to remain healthy and productive. Before the rapid climate change of the past century, tree populations in the Northern Hemisphere adapted to colder and warmer periods over thousands of years. During onsets of Ice Ages, tree populations migrated south,

Climate is changing fast—and forests are 200 years behind Read More »

Iran Supreme Leader Khamenei in first public appearance since Israel war

World /

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has made his first public appearance since the start of Iran’s conflict with Israel, according to state media. State television footage showed him greeting worshippers at a mosque on Saturday during a ceremony a day before the Shia festival of Ashura. Khamenei’s last appearance was in a recorded address

Iran Supreme Leader Khamenei in first public appearance since Israel war Read More »

GBV AoR webinar for the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict (CRSV) (19 June 2025) [EN/UK] – Yemen

World /

Introduction On February 24, 2022, the international armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which began in 2014, escalated. In the summer of 2022, the Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) on combating sexual violence related to armed aggression of Russia against Ukraine and on provision of support to survivors was established to implement the Framework Agreement on

GBV AoR webinar for the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict (CRSV) (19 June 2025) [EN/UK] – Yemen Read More »

Employment Report, Trade Deficit, Unemployment Claims, ISM Services

Economics /

by Calculated Risk on 7/02/2025 08:11:00 PM Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios. Thursday:• At 8:30 AM ET, Employment Report for June.   The consensus is for 129,000 jobs added, and for the unemployment rate to be unchanged at 4.2%. • Also at 8:30 AM, The initial weekly unemployment

Employment Report, Trade Deficit, Unemployment Claims, ISM Services Read More »

A cholesterol secret inside ticks may halt Lyme disease spread

Innovatioins /

Washington State University researchers have discovered how the bacteria that cause anaplasmosis and Lyme disease hijack cellular processes in ticks to ensure their survival and spread to new hosts, including humans. Based in the College of Veterinary Medicine, the team found that the bacteria can manipulate a protein known as ATF6, which helps cells detect

A cholesterol secret inside ticks may halt Lyme disease spread Read More »

Türk pone fin a su misión en Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka

World /

26 junio 2025Pronunciado por: Volker Türk, Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos Buenas tardes y gracias por haber venido. Acabo de concluir mi visita de algo más de tres días a Sri Lanka, y preveo posibilidades reales de cambio. Durante mi visita he debatido una serie de cuestiones relacionadas con los

Türk pone fin a su misión en Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka Read More »

147 thousand Jobs, 4.1% Unemployment Rate

Economics /

by Calculated Risk on 7/03/2025 08:30:00 AM From the BLS: Employment Situation Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 147,000 in June, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in state government and health care. Federal government continued to lose jobs.…The change in

147 thousand Jobs, 4.1% Unemployment Rate Read More »

Scientists just found a major flaw in a key COVID drug study

Innovatioins /

The COVID pandemic illustrated how urgently we need antiviral medications capable of treating coronavirus infections. To aid this effort, researchers quickly homed in on part of SARS-Cov-2’s molecular structure known as the NiRAN domain — an enzyme region essential to viral replication that’s common to many coronaviruses. A drug targeting the NiRAN domain would likely

Scientists just found a major flaw in a key COVID drug study Read More »