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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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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% …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.” – …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …