Freddie Is At It Again. As Yogi Berra would say, “It’s Déjà vu all over again.” Apparently, Government Supported Enterprises (GSEs), Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, learned nothing from their mortgage backed loan fiascos in 2008. (see rest of essay at: economictrends.blogspot.com)

2022 CHIPS Act Provides Corporate Giveaways to the Few: But Rest Face Tax Hikes. Biden’s most recent budget proposal seeks to raise the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28% arguing incorrectly that Trump’s 2017 corp. tax cut was costly for taxpayer economictrends.blogspot.com

This evening at 8pm (Central) on Iowa Public TV's Market-to-Market join Chris Robinson, Director of Commodity Trading with Chicago's TJM, Paul Yeager, Emmy Award winning host, and me as we discuss the risks and opportunities facing the economy.

Bad Policy Prescriptions from Presidential Candidates Flourish. Yesterday in a campaign stop, VP Harris proposed to attack "price gauging" (she meant gouging) via price controls. The following are unavoidable: Shortages, Black Markets/Corruption, Economic Slowdown. Lower R&D.

Join Sadlemyer, Rosie, team, & me on KFAB at 7:35 am (C) to discuss the regional/national economies. The Fed has defeated inflation, but at the same time driven the economy into slow, to no, to negative growth territory. Fed will attempt to dig out on Sept. 18 with rate cuts.

Is Fed Giving Up on Inflation Fight? open.substack.com/pub/erniegoss/…

Rent control doesn't work. We've known this for decades. open.substack.com/pub/erniegoss/…

Goss Eggs for Recent Dumb Economic Steps $55 million lost in one year. Full analysis 👇 open.substack.com/pub/erniegoss/… #publicfinance

What rural bank CEOs are seeing as 2026 begins. ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/erniegoss/…

November vs May: Oregon’s turnout gap. When voters push back on a $4.3B tax increase, lawmakers shift the vote to lower-turnout elections. ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/erniegoss/…

Today’s Job Report Puts the Fed on Hold: Not So Fast open.substack.com/pub/erniegoss/…

February 2026 Rural Mainstreet Index open.substack.com/pub/erniegoss/…

The Supreme Court Saved Trump From Himself Read here: open.substack.com/pub/erniegoss/…

–13.3% vs –33.1%. Two policy regimes. Two very different manufacturing outcomes. New Rural Banker analysis: open.substack.com/pub/erniegoss/…

Data Centers, Not in My Backyard… But Apparently Not in Your Electric Bill Either New Post ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/erniegoss/…

Energy markets, spring planting costs, and the outlook for rural banks. My latest Rural Banker discussion of the March Rural Mainstreet Index: open.substack.com/pub/erniegoss/…

New from The Rural Banker: Judge Tosses Trump a Bone: Powell Prosecution Hurts the President open.substack.com/pub/erniegoss/…

New episode of The Rural Banker. RMI: 40.9. Confidence: 29.5. Loan volume: 78.6. Dr. Ernie Goss on what's actually happening in rural credit right now. open.substack.com/pub/erniegoss/…

54% of rural bankers say their local economy is in a recession. Farmland is slipping below neutral. Federal support isn’t filling the gap. New episode of The Rural Banker: erniegoss.substack.com/p/bankers-say-…

Bad California housing policy doesn't stay in California. My daughter moved to Denver to escape it. Colorado had other plans. Subwoofers. Gunshots. A neighbor who hammered a duck to death with a shovel. What starts in California should stay in California. open.substack.com/pub/erniegoss/…