Financial and Economic Updates by Marc Nonnenkamp
The most recent monthly update is on top, followed by archives going back to the first monthly update in December of 2011. Please join 2,090,634 visitors from 196 countries (speaking 154 languages) including 50 US States and visit our new website at www.financialecononomicupdate.com. Financial, Economic and Social Mood Update (April 2, 2026) The subject of this month’s blog is housing, which has become too expensive for most people to afford and where high quality in new construction has all but disappeared. Housing and other real property comprise the biggest piece of the entire financially quantifiable asset base on planet earth and is continuing to change for reasons beyond what most people comprehend and certainly beyond our control. Much of the change is due (as always) to evolving human demographic change. Put simply, the population of the earth is continuing to age which translates into an increasing median age, lower fertility (fewer and fewer children being born), smaller family size, smaller household size, less of a need for primary education staff (school district employees), fewer working…