– by New Deal democrat The Bonddad Blog The bifurcation of the new vs. existing home markets continued in March, per the report on existing home sales and prices yesterday….

…turn lead prices, here’s what the monthly average in mortgage rates (red, right scale) look like compared with the monthly % change in house prices for the past five years:…

…willing to accept hypothetical higher prices i(just as they claim to be willing to accept cuts in government expenditures), but the reality of higher prices (or spending cuts) may produce…

…for millions of people. By discouraging drug companies from raising their prices faster than inflation, we are keeping prices affordable for the people with Medicare who rely on these drugs…

…Trade Commission’s enforcement agenda. From 1952 to 1964, for example, the agency issued 81 formal complaints to block grocery suppliers from giving large supermarket chains better prices on milk, oatmeal,…

…would never make up the difference in the cost increase. Agree? Why might prices feel high if inflation is slowing? USA Facts Team Inflation has eased since a 2022 peak,…

– by New Deal democrat This morning gives us the last of our three measures of home sales, prices, and inventory, new home sales. These are the most important of the…

…prices, but prices continue to rise. Blame Trump’s tariffs. Prices for wholesalers rose at the fastest pace in three years in July, and those wholesale prices are now being passed on to…

…on world markets, so the price is more or less the same everywhere. The two most widely watched barometers of oil prices are the West Texas Intermediate price in the…

…definition. GDP=GDP, as it were. P = Price Level. This is slightly more difficult conceptually, because we aren’t going to include everything. But if we assume (short-term) that the “market…