Will Mortgage Rates Go Even Higher?

Jun 30, 2022

Will mortgage rates continue to rise? Rates are still negative if you know how to do the math of real estate and understand inflation.

The High Cost of Falling Prices

Feb 23, 2015

Economist – For central banks in the rich world, two is a magic number. If prices rise at 2% a year, most shoppers can more or less ignore their slow ascent. And a touch of inflation is hugely helpful: it gives bosses a way to nudge unproductive workers—a pay...

Central Bankers’ New Gospel: Spur Jobs, Wages and Inflation

Aug 25, 2014

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. — The last time the economic policy conference held here every August devoted its agenda to labor markets, it was 1994 and the Federal Reserve’s vice chairman scandalized the audience by suggesting central banks worried too much about reducing...