House price increases continue to show strong market at the end The last housing market data for 2021, the FHFA and Case Shiller house price indexes, were reported this morning….

…. . . OPEC’s February Oil Market Report then revised aggregate global demand for 2021 higher by 10,000 barrels per day, OPEC’s March Oil Market Report revised 2021 demand higher…

October JOLTS report shows continued deceleration in jobs market, with continuing gap in job openings filled  – by New Deal democrat For the past year, I have likened the jobs…

…life-saving medications, you have a monopoly on the market. Soaring costs are often less about innovation and production expenses and more about capitalizing on a captive market. How Did We…

…In other words, the seizing up of the existing home market has diverted people to the new home market. Graph #2: median price of existing (red) vs. new (blue) homes:…

…am again talking about my book (it’s free). It is absurd to obsess about tax and transfer policy while ignoring the ways in which the government structures the market to determine winners…

…market share? Itcould only make the prices fall further. “While OPEC+ supply management policies may tip the oil market into a small deficit at the start of the year, strong…

…the effect on the relative share of the market.  I am following up now because yesterday Kevin Drum put up a post yesterday in which he concluded that “The price…

…Fe, New Mexico, Albertsons has a 37% market share, while Kroger has a 22% market share. Post-merger, that market share would jump to 59%, and the combined entity would own…

…benefits if well-designed, directed to address well-identified market failures, and based on competition-enhancing principles and sound cost-benefit analysis. Examples of market failure include a lack of know-how or capital-market imperfections…