…rebates for prescription drugs on their list prices, a practice that incentivizes higher drug list prices. Instead, PBMs could receive a “bona fide service fee” from manufacturers that reflects the…

…they showed an upward trend in both manufacturing and services production and new orders, but Prices paid were increasing broadly, with prices received also increasing, but less broad. Finally, employment…

…prices consumers pay for a good or service and the prices that producers receive. That wedge occurs regardless of whether producers pass the tariff on to consumer prices or “eat the…

…prescription drug spending and manage benefits. Consolidation and vertical integration in the PBM market have raised concerns about the potential for reduced competition and higher prescription drug prices. Matt is…

…sharp increase in global oil prices could force airlines to raise fuel surcharges and ticket prices. Such increases could weaken the purchasing power of Chinese visitors, a key market that…

…sets a firm cap on the ratio of private sector prices to public sector prices (down from the current 2.5 to 1 to, say, somewhere between 1.5 and 1.75 to…

…like never before.” The latest batch of data on jobs, pump prices and the stock market suggests that Trump’s roar has started to sound far more like a whimper. There…

…high prices and weaker asset values. Buying conditions for durables and vehicles worsened, again on the basis of high prices. Open ended comments show that many consumers blame the Iran…

…starts, and existing home sales. But if sales are down, prices are continuing to skyrocket: As measured by the FHFA, prices increased 1.4% seasonally adjusted just in the past month!…

July new home sales down nearly 30% from peak, as prices perhaps start to plateau Unlike yesterday’s existing home sales, today’s report on new home sales is much more economically…