…interest rates making borrowing money more expensive, have jacked up costs even more. And despite the recent good news, the U.S. still has lower life expectancy and much higher levels…

by Mike Kimel Japan: The Post-WW2 Rise, the 1980s Peak, and the Decline – A Simple Theory Cross-posted at the Presimetrics blog. A lot has been written about the disaster…

…substitute for copper in water pipe, drain pipe, and plumbing fixtures. Peak production and peak demand will be determined ultimately by peak price.” Gail says: ” It seems to me…

…business cycle peak to another, but he ignores the previous business cycle peak, 1973, which is a very interesting and important one since that is the year of peak real…

…come up from its bottom by about a third to the former peak, and Philadelphia has nearly fully recovered its peak, but not quite. OTOH, price to rent ratios have…

…Tracking Project) ***Number of deaths: 1,510, total 76,617 (vs. day/day peak of +2,700 April 29) Seven day average of deaths: 1,616 (vs. 2,058 peak on April 21) Number of tests:…

Existing vs. new home sales: sales have peaked, expect prices to soon peak I normally don’t pay much attention to existing home sales. Even though they constitute about 90% of…

House price increases still strong, but clear deceleration from peak The Case Shiller and FHFA house price indexes were reporting this morning, covering the period through December. As you all…

Coronavirus dashboard for July 27: likely at or past the BA.4&5 peak Let’s start with Biobot, since wastewater doesn’t lie. The bad news is, that it shows a nearly 50%…

…(gold) peak 2. Within a month or two later, starts (blue) peak. 3. After that, units permitted but not started (gray) peak. 4. Finally, housing units under construction (red) peaks:…