…May 2010 to May 2011 the price of petroleum increased about 50%. This corresponds to the extremely high median forecast in March and April 2011. Since then the price has…

…gradually and in advance.”[1] Solow cited increases in the productivity of natural resources to illustrate the importance of the price system as the built-in mechanism of capitalism for “registering and…

…some for non-PCR technologies, some for serological tests, some for mass testing combining multiple swabs (this might earn a higher price per test, not per patient). Prices could also vary…

…these rate authorities to take effect in actual price increases, the Postal Service will not need to wait until the next regular price adjustment, which would delay the above-CPI increases…

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…

…whatever the market will bear. If price is too high, it will decrease demand. If demand is lowered because of high prices, suppliers will either lower prices or reduce supply….

…at a 31 month high.. ___________ Natural gas prices hit 164 month high after doubling in 2 months Oil prices rose for the third time in four weeks after the…

June house price indexes show no peak yet; no respite likely in the “official” consumer housing measure Yesterday the Case Shiller and FHFA house price indexes were updated through June…

…house prices go? In the 2007-11 bust, house prices fell a little over -20%. But in the smaller 1990-91 downturn, prices only declined about -3%.  I have seen guesstimates of…

More on the sharp deceleration in YoY house price gains, and the Fed’s chasing the phantom menace  – by New Deal democrat Since there is no big economic news again…