Research on policy, economic cycles, liquidity and regimes.
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The United States finished fiscal 2026 with a $1.992 trillion deficit. Net interest accounted for $1.052 trillion of it. I break down the budget, the refinancing cycle, and how borrowing to service debt creates another layer of f…
A forward model links income, spending, investment and credit, then tests its forecasts against modern U.S. data and 150 years of macrohistory. Growth remains the baseline. The research quantifies the route into recession and the…
September CPI rose 0.6% for the month and 3.7% over the year, with gasoline responsible for more than half the monthly increase. I connect the report to the earlier Pattern Nexus oil, inventory, diesel and fertilizer research, ex…
The finale of the Pattern Nexus Cycles of Power audio-video series connects 150 years of industrial, monetary, computing, energy, and liquidity history to the emerging convergence of AI infrastructure, fiscal dominance, programma…
I connect the developments now taking shape across AI infrastructure, private power, critical minerals, the Iran energy shock, digital dollars, machine commerce, robotics and productive ownership. The article explains the mechani…
Episode 9 of the weekly Pattern Nexus audio-video series turns Part 9 of Cycles of Power into a shorter story about how pandemic stimulus fused fiscal and monetary policy, inflation forced a violent rate reversal, bank stress pro…
Senate energy and environment leaders introduced the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act on September 30, 2026, a permitting package aimed at faster federal reviews for energy, transmission, and infrastructure projects…
The July Case-Shiller index reached another nominal high, but inflation, financing costs and weak sales tell a different story for the marginal buyer. Pattern Nexus reconstructs national prices from 1987, tests pre-2008 and 2019 …
Episode 8 of the weekly Pattern Nexus audio-video series turns Part 8 of Cycles of Power into a shorter story about how quantitative easing, zero interest rates, dollar swap lines, Basel III, safe-asset scarcity, and repeated cen…
The Federal Reserve requested public comment on two GENIUS Act proposals that would establish a regulatory framework for Board-supervised payment stablecoin issuers. The package would require full backing with permissible reserve…
CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig told the 2026 U.S. Treasury Market Conference that U.S. markets need to prepare for mass tokenization, onchain finance, AI adoption and potential 24/7 trading. The official conference agenda also pu…
Humanoid robotics is not simply about building machines that walk, talk, and perform household chores. It is about creating a scalable physical labor force that can operate alongside artificial intelligence, transforming producti…
