The aggregate transaction value of private-equity and venture-backed investments in oil and gas has been just $4.4 billion so far this year compared to the peak in full-year 2014 of $49.5 billion. Meanwhile, there has been nearly $11 billion worth of investments in renewable-energy sources such as solar and wind so far this year, on track to surpass oil and gas for the first time.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York President said that combating high inflation is likely to require lifting the central bank’s benchmark short-term interest rate above 3.5% and holding it at that level through next year.

Investors hit their all-time high of 93,700 homes purchased in Q3 2021. The second quarter of 2022 was lower at 87,500 U.S. homes, but it was still up 5.9% over the comparable period in 2021, and investors continue to buy more homes than they did pre-pandemic.

Exchange-traded products linked to commodities recorded their biggest outflow ever in July as investors pulled a net $11.2 billion out of the funds.

RV manufacturers shipped over a record 600,000 vehicles in 2021. This year is on track to be the second-biggest year with more than 500,000 unit shipments.

The FTC issued 42 letters of investigation over mergers or similar transactions during the 2021 fiscal year, almost double the number for 2020 and the highest in more than 10 years.

Home prices have hit new highs as the inventory of homes for sale held below historical levels. The median single-family existing-home sales price rose 14.2% in the second quarter from a year ago to $413,500.

Public pension plans lost a median 7.9% in the year ended June 30, their worst annual performance since 2009.

The VIX hasn’t closed above 30, a key level that signifies increased fear, since June and settled Tuesday just below 24. The VVIX, an index measuring the volatility of the VIX itself, has fallen relatively steadily since January and recently hit a three-year low of 80.

Total general-purpose and store credit-card debt fell to $748 billion in April 2021 from $913 billion in January 2020. It remains among the few mainstream forms of consumer debt where the aggregate balances, now at $855 billion in May, haven’t yet returned to prepandemic norms.