>"Buyers are calling off their searches as the cost of buying a home increases. That's making people across the country think carefully _...Read More_

>"Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news"

>"The Chinese government’s fight to control housing prices and insulate the economy is bound up with some very fundamental human impulses—and decisions made decades ago."

>"December and January typically mark the peak shopping period for Lunar New Year gifts, but lockdowns and an uncertain 2022 have made many consumers increasingly reluctant to open their pocketbooks."

"U.S. shoppers accelerated their level of spending in October even as the prices of goods jumped at their fastest pace since the 1990s, the Commerce Department reported _...Read More_

"New Zealand is pulling every lever to tame property prices without shaking its economy and crashing the market."

"Investors should expect to see the surge in house prices that started roughly 18 months ago begin to push up rents, and in turn drive overall inflation gauges higher."

"There's no utility in listening to investors in economic-pundit mode and none in using forecasts to make money."

Jobs up. Wages up. Health care coverage up. And now, retail sales up. The economy is booming.

>"Brewers are scrambling to keep up with the country’s newly packed bars."

"It's not just puppies and sourdough starter. Another thing that spiked during the pandemic: the purchase of vacation homes."

>"U.S. retail sales unexpectedly stalled in April as the boost from stimulus checks faded."

More Americans signed contracts to buy homes in March after two months of declines, pointing to a healthy housing market as summer approaches and the economy continues what is shaping up to be a rapid _...Read More_

"Retail vs. digital isn’t an either/or."

>"Don’t try to go back to the way things were."