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via notayesmanseconomics 2026 has started in economic terms at quite a pace. Today’s adventure can be looked at via something I have followed for several decades now. It involves which is sometimes called the Great British Peso and here is what I posted on social media yesterday morning, A new multi-year high for the UK …
BREAKING: Silver prices surge above $87/oz for the first time in history, now up +210% in 13 months byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts
BREAKING: Gold prices surge above a record $4,600/oz and Silver prices surge above a record $84/oz amid elevated levels of uncertainty. Asset owners are winning. pic.twitter.com/StEDEgEUAj — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) January 12, 2026 $93.90 Shanghai….whopping $10.25 spread byu/Gairsoppa inWallstreetsilver
The national median rent fell 0.8% in December, and now stands at $1,356. This closes the book on 2025, with five consecutive months of rent declines. Based on recent years, we expect another 1-2 months of rent drops before the market turns a corner in early Spring. Rent prices nationally are down 1.3% compared to …
If prices will not fall 33%, is slashing mortgage rates the only way out? Needs to happen, rates will come down Grant. If that happens, $TLT rockets!https://t.co/VLyNoxoVgK — Common Sense Investor (CSI) (@commonsenseplay) January 6, 2026
The $16 billion company is pushing more into the transaction side of the real estate industry, which Jeremy Wacksman calls ‘a better business to be in.’ On his Zillow account, Jeremy Wacksman has “favorited” every home he’s ever lived in, just to keep tabs. Among them: a two-story, 2,500-square-foot house with four bedrooms, 2½ bathrooms …
via notayesmanseconomics Hello again and a Happy New Year to you all. That theme links to today’s subject because the research student at the Bank of England morning meeting will have been hanging out the bunting for this, FTSE 100 opens back above 10,000 The FTSE 100 rose 0.4% to 10,008.06, propelled by gains in heavyweight producers. Shell climbed 0.9%, while …
Group shopped and insta carted same store and got 4 to 7 diff prices same items. Instacart is trying to find perfect price point and make money above what target prices say. Algorithms are used to determine what people will actually pay. h/t Coastie Patriot
The Capture of Maduro and Energy Market ramifications. Venezuela, home to the world’s largest proven oil reserves, now sits at the center of a major geopolitical shift. With Nicolás Maduro captured and U.S. influence likely to extend over Venezuelan oil assets, the balance of global crude supply could change meaningfully. A U.S.-controlled reopening of Venezuela’s …
I think they are getting desperate to pump the prices to show revenue growth pic.twitter.com/FNDLcpcETW — Meet Kevin (@realMeetKevin) December 27, 2025
by confoundedinterest17 Politicians love to scream about housing being simply unaffordable. Like mayor-elected Mandami in New York City. But the reality is that housing prices vary by city and there are more affordable cities than New York City to choose from. Federal policies should not be focused on letting people staying a particular city. When we look …
Gas prices are dropping across the country. The national average gas price for December 18, 2025, when this story was written, was $2.896 per gallon, according to AAA. But some states are lower, with the lowest prices found in Oklahoma, where a gallon of regular is going for an average price of $2.289 per gallon. …
Restaurants across the U.S. are trying to find ways to address soaring beef prices while keeping customers at their tables. With America’s cattle inventory at its lowest level since the 1950s, restaurants that specialize in steaks are having to pass along those added costs to their customers, according to a New York Times report. Julie …
New data shows prices for everyday goods and services are lower compared to when President Trump took office: Eggs: -25.2% Airfare: -9.3% Public transportation: -6.9% Propane, kerosene, & firewood: -6.8% Hotels: -6.7% Ship fare: -6.5% Gas: -4.6% Energy commodities: -4.5% Car rentals: -4.4% Potatoes: -3.6% Butter: -3.6% Cheese: -3% Frozen veggies: -3% Dairy: -2% Peanut …
Secret Documents Show Pepsi and Walmart Colluded to Raise Food Prices Across the Economy The Trump FTC tried to hide a complaint showing Pepsi forced shoppers to pay higher prices everywhere but Walmart. But now it’s unsealed. And the politics of affordability are explosive. Last month, the Atlanta Fed came out with a report showing a clear …
Air Traffic Control Union vs Oil Prices🇺🇸 byu/CashmereBuffalo inwallstreetbets “Air traffic controller here in the states. In my off time I enjoy researching economic data. Recently discovered my union has aligned our contracts with historical bottoms in oil prices (really bad for us). These guys would have beaten any trader in the world… One of …
pic.twitter.com/NSn8Oqi4rJ — Annie (@ZeroWarningShot) December 11, 2025 BREAKING: US rent prices declined -0.2% MoM in November, to $1,706, recording the largest November drop in at least 15 years. This also marks the 5th consecutive month of flat or negative rent changes. Annual rent growth slowed to +0.7%, down from +1.5% in Q1 2025. This comes… …
Jerome Powell on the housing market: – “The housing market faces some really significant challenges and I don’t know that a 25-basis point decline in the Federal Funds Rate is going to make much of a difference for people.” – “Housing supply is low, many people have very, very low-rate mortgages from the pandemic period.” …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, The DOJ and the FTC will each launch a witch hunt on high food prices. Food is now a national security concern. Please note a Trump Executive Order Addressing Security Risks from Price Fixing and Anti-Competitive Behavior in the Food Supply Chain. Section 1. Background. An affordable and secure food supply is …
Beef prices look like a memecoin chart lately byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts All current beef pricing trends are based on USDA data as of December 3, 2025. Last week’s trends refer to the USDA market for the week ending November 28, 2025. Live cattle sold mostly around $2.14/lb. last week, which is down compared to the previous …
Prices for computers, graphics cards, smartphones etc are going up and will stay up for years because of the demand from AI companies. The RAM pricing crisis has only just started, Team Group GM warns — says problem will get worse in 2026 as DRAM and NAND prices double in one month. The ongoing structural …
Lowering prices is bad? byu/Comfortablejack ininflation Democrats should have made affordability a priority from 2020-2024. I look at their actions not words. h/t Crankshaft1337
Veronica Martinez woke up early one recent morning to make a fresh batch of cookies. She packed them in a box and headed to a community center in East Oakland, where a nonprofit called Trybe invites families to get the things they need — produce, milk, eggs and even diapers. Most of the families set …
by confoundedinterest17 Roll out the barrel! As in Fed money printing. How can the current housing disaster be fixed? One answer is to build more homes (made difficult by local government zoning and building policies). Another is increase household income. But Fed money printing is the easiest way to increase home prices. Since the Federal government …
Washington’s favorite habit is the “temporary” fix – extend a subsidy here, push off a deadline there, and borrow the money to make it work. But those short-term patches carry long-term costs. They raise prices for families and deepen the national debt. Here’s how that affects your purchasing power… By Peter Reagan Washington, D.C. has …
The U.S. housing market is going to face a price correction “worse than 2008,” according to housing analyst Melody Wright, who expects home prices to drop in half as soon as next year. “I think…we’re going to correct all the way to a point where household median income matches the home price, the median home …
Something needs to be done. Electricity prices are outpacing inflation by 2x: pic.twitter.com/H4frbMIYIM — Illiquid Insights (@IlliquidInsight) November 23, 2025
New House Prices have dropped below Existing Homes for the first time in history 🚨🤯 pic.twitter.com/ewkqqLydAe — Barchart (@Barchart) November 22, 2025 The U.S. Housing Market is about to get hit by a big demographic shift. By 2032, there will be more deaths than births in the U.S. This crossover point will be the continuation …
https://twitter.com/spice1975503/status/1992215378181619837 Major retailers warn of slowing consumer spending and cut forward orders Nov 19 (Reuters) – Target (TGT.N), opens new tab reported a bigger-than-expected drop in comparable sales on Wednesday and offered a wide range of profit outcomes for its holiday quarter, as it cuts prices and makes investments to appeal to cash-strapped U.S. consumers. …