Calculated Risk ends daily blog updates after 21 years
The economics and housing site will move macro coverage to a weekly newsletter while keeping real estate analysis as its main focus.
By Ingrid Halvorsen · Staff Writer
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Calculated Risk said in a Jan. 12 post that it will end regular daily updates on its finance and economics blog after 21 years of near-daily publishing. For readers who use the site to follow housing, macroeconomic releases and finance, the change shifts the cadence from a rolling blog feed to scheduled newsletters.
The author said economic coverage will continue through a weekly summary sent at the end of each week. According to the post, that note will have three sections: a calendar of economic data due in the following week, a review of the prior week’s releases, and commentary on a current topic.
The structure changes how the material is delivered. A daily blog post can respond item by item as reports are released; a weekly product groups the calendar, the recent data and the author’s analysis into one recurring package. Calculated Risk did not announce any change to the underlying focus on economic data.
Real estate will remain the site’s primary area of work, the author said. The Real Estate Newsletter will usually be published 4 to 6 times per week, according to the post, and the site separately promotes it as an in-depth, ad-free product.
The blog’s recent archive shows the type of material that had been appearing in the daily feed. The last 10 posts listed on the site included items on hotel occupancy, housing starts, household net worth in the Federal Reserve’s Flow of Funds report, and comments on the December employment report.
Calculated Risk gave no detailed reason for the decision beyond saying the change had been under consideration for some time. The author thanked readers for following the blog over the years and also thanked people who had helped with the site.
The post included a special acknowledgment of the author’s friend Tanta. A section of the site identifies her as Doris “Tanta” Dungey and links to memorial material. The author also said Calculated Risk can be followed on Threads and Bluesky.
The shift leaves the site with two stated channels: a weekly economic summary for macro calendars, data review and commentary, and a higher-frequency real estate newsletter for housing-focused analysis. The blog also continues to display a weekly schedule section for readers tracking upcoming economic releases.
This story draws on original reporting from Calculated Risk.
