The policy statement kept the target range unchanged but removed the phrase describing further tightening as “likely.” Two-year yields fell nine basis points within a minute of the release.
17 hours agoDistricts that installed cameras on bus stop arms saw a sharp drop in drivers passing a stopped bus. The programs also produced a revenue stream that several school boards say they did not plan for.
20 hours agoThree regional operators have queues of proposed data centers requesting more power than they can supply this decade. Two have begun approving projects only if they bring their own generation.
22 hours agoCourt systems have cleared most of the case backlog built up over the past five years. But in the twelve largest urban districts the median time from arrest to trial is still six weeks longer than it was.
2 days agoPayroll growth has slowed to about 84,000 a month. Underneath the headline, hiring has narrowed to three sectors and the quit rate has fallen to a level last seen a decade ago.
2 days agoMonthly encounters at the southwest border are down 41% from a year ago. Inside that number, the share of single adults has risen and the share of families has fallen by more than half.
Aug 21Remote consultation has become a core service rather than a stopgap. In the counties where it matters most, a quarter of households cannot sustain a video call.
Aug 21Live-caller surveys and online panels disagree by six to nine points in the same states. The gap is largest among voters under 35, which is exactly where turnout is hardest to model.
Aug 21Few employers have formally adopted a compressed week. A great many have stopped scheduling anything on Fridays, which is producing similar traffic and childcare effects without a policy.
Aug 21Single-family permits are running well ahead of starts, a gap that has widened for five months. Builders say the constraint is buyer traffic, not financing or labor.
Aug 21Nearly every large department now issues body cameras. A review of 210 critical incidents found that the median release time has barely moved in five years, and that written policy explains almost none of the variation.
Aug 21Average game time has settled at two hours 38 minutes. The less discussed effect is on pitcher usage, where the shortened recovery between pitches has changed how long starters last.
Aug 20Internal reviews at three departments found that vacancies are being filled by contractors at a higher hourly cost, and that the exemption process consumes about a fifth of one agency’s HR capacity.
Aug 20Store brands closed much of the gap, but not all of it. The single largest source of variation was not the city — it was whether the store faced a competitor within two miles.
Aug 20Six clubs sold out every home game this season. Four of them play in arenas they do not control, and the dates they want belong to someone else.
Aug 19Compliance with price disclosure rules has risen sharply. The published files run to millions of rows, use inconsistent codes, and in most cases cannot be compared between two hospitals in the same city.
Aug 19Forecasters put the odds at about 62%. In weak events, the classic pattern shows up less than half the time, which makes the seasonal outlook considerably less useful than the label suggests.
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