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Jobless Claims, Inflation
Share|By: Gay Cororaton In each Economic Update, the Research staff analyzes recently released economic indicators and addresses what these indicators mean for REALTORS® and their clients. Today’s...
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Consumer Price Index
Share|In each Economic Update, the Research staff analyzes recently released economic indicators and addresses what these indicators mean for REALTORS® and their clients. Today’s update discusses the...
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Price Inflation of Everyday Items
Share|When the government reports that the inflation rate is such and such, price changes are based on hundreds of items. Everything from the price of spices and condiments to the prices of bedroom...
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Inflation and Rents Rising
Share|In each Economic Update, the Research staff analyzes recently released economic indicators and addresses what these indicators mean for REALTORS® and their clients. Today’s update discusses...
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Inflation
Share| Overall inflation was tame in October, rising only 0.1 percent from the prior month and a manageable 2.2 percent from one year ago. However, the rent component rose at the fastest pace in 4...
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Producer Price Index and Inflation Outlook
In each Economic Update, the Research staff analyzes recently released economic indicators and addresses what these indicators mean for REALTORS® and their clients. Today’s update discusses the latest...
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Inflation and the Mortgage Interest Deduction (MID)
Did You Know: The mortgage interest deduction (MID) was capped at $1 million in 1987 and not pegged to inflation. If it had been indexed, the MID cap would be over $2 million today. In 1987, following...
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Latest Consumer Inflation
In each Economic Update, the Research staff analyzes recently released economic indicators and addresses what these indicators mean for REALTORS® and their clients. Today’s update discusses consumer...
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Inflation Watch
In each Economic Update, the Research staff analyzes recently released economic indicators and addresses what these indicators mean for REALTORS® and their clients. Today’s update discusses the latest...
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Positive Data Released Today: Fewer Jobless Claims and Tame Inflation
Data released today on the number of unemployment insurance claims for the week ending February 15 and January inflation data are positives for the housing sector. Job stability continues to improve in...
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Inflation Outlook
In each Economic Update, the Research staff analyzes recently released economic indicators and addresses what these indicators mean for REALTORS® and their clients. Today’s update discusses CPI and the...
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Inflation: the Short and Long-Run Scenarios
Broad inflation still looks tame, up less than 2 percent from one year ago, but could easily rise faster. The annualized inflation in April was already speeding at a higher 2.4 percent rate (that is...
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The Latest Housing Starts
Total housing starts surged 15.7% from June to July to 1.093 million in July. This is the highest pace since November of 2013. The bulk of the increase came from the multifamily sector, but there...
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The Consumer Price Index, Spending, and Inflation
In speaking with REALTOR® members, I often hear a complaint that the government’s inflation statistics do not reflect reality. Recent data show that the inflation rate for consumer prices has increased...
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Inflation and Mortgage Rates
There is no consumer price inflation to speak of – as of yet. Even the expectation of future inflation rates remains low. This is the key reason as to why mortgage rates remain at historically low...
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The Latest on Consumer Inflation
Lower gasoline prices are contributing to low overall consumer price inflation. Low inflation in turn means interest rates can continue to remain at rock bottom rates. However, one weighty component...
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Inflation Rate in 2014
Consumer prices fell in December, yielding a low one-year 2014 inflation rate of only 0.7 percent. However, renters are getting squeezed. Rents increased at the fastest clip since 2008 with a 3.4...
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Falling Import Prices Help Contain Inflation and Interest Rates
Due to the strengthening in the U.S. dollar the prices of imported goods are falling. That is helping the overall consumer prices to be tame. Low inflation means interest rates can remain low for a...
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Latest Consumer Price Index (July 2015)
There is no inflation to speak of, but rents are now rising at the fastest pace in nearly seven years. The smiles from lower gasoline prices are quickly getting cracked by the hard squeeze on higher...
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Latest Consumer Price Inflation (November 2015)
There was a slight uptick in the broad consumer inflation measure in November. More interesting is the housing components, which continue to show high figures. Housing shortage still persists and this...
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