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24/7 Wall St. Insights Faced with aging populations, declining fertility rates, and outbound migration, several countries are projected to lose more than half of their populations by century’s end....
24/7 Wall St. Insights The U.S. government currently owes $36.2 trillion in debt, a 54.0% increase from five years ago. About one-third of that debt is held by foreign investors in the form of U.S....
24/7 Wall St. Insights The federal government subsidizes over 5 million affordable housing units nationwide. Affordable housing varies from city to city, and is correlated with factors like age and...
24/7 Wall St. Insights While deaths from conventional wars have declined since WWII, violence among non-state actors is on the rise. In the past year, there were over 200,000 incidents of political...
24/7 Wall St. Insights Approximately one-fifth of all U.S. weapons sales are to countries categorized as electoral autocracies and closed autocracies. The U.S. sells tens of billions of dollars worth...
24/7 Wall St. Insights From 2019 to 2023, the number of cybercrime complaints in the United States nearly doubled. Total losses due to cybercrime more than tripled, from $3.5 billion in 2019 to $12.5...
24/7 Wall St. Insights The total value of nonfuel mineral mining activity in the United States was $106 billion in 2024. A third of all U.S. mining activity is concentrated in just four states. Many...
24/7 Wall St. Insights In February 2025, the typical U.S. home sold for about 1% below its original listing price. In some major cities, buyers are getting huge discounts, with the typical home...
24/7 Wall St. Insights U.S. social security benefits lag behind the pension systems of other OECD countries. Americans contribute more of their income to social security, receive fewer benefits, and...
24/7 Wall St. Insights Corporate investors dominate many metropolitan housing markets, accounting for more than 1 in 5 home purchases in several major metro areas. High investor homebuying activity...
24/7 Wall St. Insights The Trump administration has stalled over $60 million in funding for affordable housing developments nationwide. Nationwide, 7% of subsidies for federally assisted rental homes...
24/7 Wall St. Insights There were 20,188 layoffs and discharges in the U.S. in 2024 — an 18.5% increase from 2021. Layoff activity is highest in the West and Midwest, where large recreation and...
24/7 Wall St. Insights While war deaths have declined since WWII, violence among non-state actors is on the rise. In the past year, there were over 35,000 incidents of violence against civilians...
24/7 Wall St. Insights In the last decade, no country has invested more in the rest of the world than China. In what critics term debt-trap diplomacy, Chinese investment induces economic dependency...
24/7 Wall St. Insights In the last 10 years, no country has invested more around the world than China. Chinese overseas investment induces economic dependency in poorer recipient nations and bolsters...