Oil prices rose 55% in 2021, the most since 2009, while natural gas prices rose 47%, the most since 2016, Focus on Fracking, RJS Oil prices rose for a second…

…cost of hospital care is the prices paid by commercial health plans. These prices have increased substantially over time, as has the gap between them and the prices paid by…

…price premium never hits more than 8.5% of their income at that income level anyway. 50-year old single enrollee What about a 50-year old single enrollee? Their full-price premium is $610/month or…

…prices follow sales with a lag. Housing permits peaked at the beginning of 2022, and starts followed several months later.  This morning the FHFA and Case Shiller house price indexes…

…led mostly by used vehicle prices and deceleration in new vehicle prices. Consumption expenditure on automobiles has not seen a meaningful change, and the persistence of auto demand while prices…

…the implications of fixed-price vs variable-priced instruments/claims/assets: When government deficit-spends, it delivers new fixed-price assets (checking/MM deposits) onto private-sector balance sheets. Assuming portfolio preferences are unchanged, the private sector is…

The bottoming process in existing home sales continues, as YoY price comparisons increase  – by New Deal democrat The bifurcation of the housing market between new and existing home components continues,…

Repeat sales house price indexes continue to increases on par with past expansions  – by New Deal democrat House prices lag home sales, which in turn lag mortgage rates. 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:…

…alone set and raise drug prices, and PBMs are holding drug companies accountable by negotiating the lowest possible cost for drugs, including insulins, on behalf of patients.“ According to 46brooklyn,…