
8 March 2021 | 0 replies
The official unemployment rate, meanwhile, slipped to 6.2% from 6.3% (although economists widely believe the real rate is much higher).

13 February 2022 | 21 replies
Follow the economists, they predict the market and are the best way to gauge our economic future.

17 March 2021 | 0 replies
Thursday’s data don’t show how wealth is distributed across income levels—an important asterisk at a time when many economists say the gap between rich and poor is likely widening due to the pandemic’s outsize impact on low-wage workers, women and minorities, Paul Kiernan reports.Tariq note: all of the other articles we’ve seen shows that the top 10% has harvested almost all of this gain in net worth from stocks.

1 April 2021 | 14 replies
(There is no #2, for single family homes).At least this is my view; what do I know, I'm not an economist.

23 March 2021 | 1 reply
The level was down 29.5% from February 2020, a record annual decline, according to NAR.The inventory shortage was the key reason why existing-home sales dropped 6.6% in February from January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.22 million, said Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist.

27 March 2021 | 8 replies
84 out of 100 Economists interviewed by Zillow picked Austin as the best place to invest in the whole US.
25 September 2020 | 6 replies
Regarding the points you make: (1) Kapolei as a 'second city' has been toted for over 30+ years, but I'm not sure what that really means anymore - how much more industry is going there, I'm not sure; (2) the rail project is, well, fraught with scandal and misappropriation of funds, and I'm not sure if the usage is going to be what was projected at the beginning - the cost of the rail is an endless pit, which I'm pretty sure more taxes will need to take care of; (3) how much more appreciation will be needed to recapture the additional 15% to refi and eliminate the PMI - are you positive that it can appreciate that much more; (4) Remember, Covid really hit Hawaii hard and economists expect that the economy won't return for a couple of years.

5 October 2020 | 1 reply
Every month, the employment data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is the most highly anticipated and closely watched by economist to gage the condition of our economy.

9 October 2020 | 2 replies
Had a nice keynote speech from an economist today.

22 November 2020 | 3 replies
I remember the big brain economist in 2004 saying we are in 17 year cycle and next peak will be 2021/22 then a crash.