…to eat away from home was 0.4% higher, as average prices at fast food outlets rose 0.3%, and prices at full service restaurants rose 0.6%, while food prices at employee…

…a barrel last week as fuel prices hit record highs on tight supplies and pulled nearby crude prices higher, trading in the contract of US light sweet crude for June delivery expired….

…well as mid-market vendors, best of breed solution companies, and other companies providing outsourcing. In addition, Judge Walker rejected DOJ’s geographic market definition, finding the market for business software was…

Briefly: Prices are up. The unknown is whether and how much tariffs are impacting prices. Much can be influenced by news reports to the public. Prices did increase on imports….

…entering the market in the last 3 to 6 years was no different than those (36) having been on the market longer, a 29% increase [median] from January 2015 through…

Blogger and Commenter RJS, MarketWatch 666, November’s consumer prices, October’s trade deficit, wholesale sales, and JOLTS The consumer price index rose 0.8% in November, as higher prices for food, energy,…

…electric utilities fell 10.4%, producer prices for industrial natural gas fell 3.5%, refinery prices for gasoline fell 6.1%, refinery prices for jet fuel fell 11.1%, and refinery prices for diesel…

…in producer prices for slaughter hogs, a 1.4% decrease in producer prices for slaughter cattle, a 3.2% decrease in producer prices for wheat, and a 4.3% decrease in producer prices…

…natural gas exports to help stabilize European energy markets . . . oil prices extended thier losses from the previous session on Thursday, falling below $75 a barrel, after Energy Secretary…

…idea of keeping “costs” down by various government policies. But prices are not costs. Prices are what pay for costs. Where the costs are not covered by the prices that…