As material costs and interest rates rise, home builders are pulling back. Homebuilders are rapidly losing confidence in their ability to turn a profit on new houses, Nathan writes. Homebuilder sentiment experienced its second-largest one-month drop in July, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index… Read More »Homebuilder Sentiment
With all the uncertainty, it is no surprise that something that looked like a good deal a month ago may not now. Why it matters: This is a sign of how fast the housing market adjusted to the surge in mortgage rates that started in March — and it signals… Read More »Housing Deals Failing To Cross The Finish Line
Successful business owners are always learning and finding new ways to improve their operations. But business owners who “draw a line in the sand” and close the door to new methods, new technology and updated equipment can see a drop in market position, revenues and profitability. As a result, buyers… Read More »Tip #044Business owners who “Draw a Line in the Sand” and refuse to update their operations
This inflation is affecting the people who can afford it the least as the price of staples are increasing much more than other goods. The price of eggs rose by a third between June 2021 and June 2022 and butter, flour, chicken and milk also showed some of the next-biggest… Read More »Staples Are Being Hammered By Inflation
Where as, the national average inflation was 9.1%, The metro phoenix area was 12.3% mostly due to a strong economy and housing shortage. Area prices were up 3.1 percent over the past two months, up 12.3 percent from a year ago Prices in the Phoenix area, as measured by the… Read More »Arizona Inflation Higher Than National Average
Supply chain issues are a big concern for businesses right now. Forced shutdowns, crisis forecasting, labor issues, and logistics all played (or are still playing) a part in the current shortages. Managing the supply demand imbalance will be a tricky problem for at least the next six months, if not… Read More »Supply Chain = Deal Killer
The small business sentiment are down to the levels we saw during the great recession, lower than during the pandemic. Main Street is more pessimistic now than during the height of pandemic lockdown, when many businesses saw sales screech to a halt. That’s according to a closely watched monthly survey… Read More »Small Business Are Concerned
Consumer expect more immediate inflation and then a leveling off period, the big question is what is the Fed going to have to do stamp out inflation and will the rest of the government help. It will be interesting to see and hopefully there won’t be too much more collateral… Read More »Expected Inflation
The US is lagging behind the rest of the world in automation in manufacturing, as we bring more manufacturing back to the united states that will most likely change as well. Dystopian movies have been fantasizing about robot uprisings for years. While the global labor force is still dominated by… Read More »The Robots are Coming
I find this fascinating Something astounding is happening in the financial system’s plumbing: Investors are parking a record-shattering $2 trillion worth of spare cash overnight at the Fed. That number blows past market-watchers’ expectations, after some argued activity would peak earlier this year. It’s stirred up fascination (and misinformation) among… Read More »The Fed Has All the Cash