Inflation in Arizona is still red hot and well above the national average. Skyrocketing house prices have driven inflation in Phoenix well above the national average. They have also pushed housing affordability to very low levels in the third quarter of 2022. According to data from the NAHB-Wells Fargo Housing… Read More »Arizona Inflation Still Red Hot
College educated heads of households are requiring greater salaries to move to a new employer.
No surprise that housing starts are down as interest rates are up, however builders are completing existing orders. “Housing starts surprised on the upside in November, but permits plunged to the lowest level since June 2020,” Jefferies economists Aneta Markowska and Thomas Simons said in a note Tuesday. “Permits are now running below starts which… Read More »Housing Starts Are Down
As Inflation continues to rage on, savings are down as people want to maintain their standard of living as their dollar doesn’t reach as far as it did two years ago.
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The fed is raising rates more aggressively than any time in the past, inflation is still high and they were slow to react. Coming off historically low interest rates, the Fed has taken very aggressive action to tame inflation this year, raising the federal funds target rate by 425 basis points since… Read More »Rate Of Interest Increase
And by stabilizing we mean not going down any more
The general inflation numbers may look better, however staples are still much higher YOY.
Leaks still happen however they are significantly down for 2022, confidentiality is something we take very serious.
During this period of rapid worldwide inflation the dollar has remained strong, it is now slipping.