Well, the Trump "agenda" is starting to get in full swing, so between the tariffs. the looming trade wars, the market uncertainty from when he says something that spooks investors. I think we might be in for a while ride for the foreseeable future.
Changes This update
Egg: up from $4.99 to $5.99 and increase of 20%
Ketle One Vodka. Up from $32.49 to $36.99 an increase of 14%
Gas. At $3.72 a gallon, up from it's original spot at #3.23. An increase of 15% for my location that is the highest it has been since 4th of July weekend
Cable TV has gone up for the 2nd time in 3 months. Now it is $132.17 from a starting price of $129.86. Increase of 1.7%
Comsumer Price Index. Had a pretty big jump for February, double what was expected. IT is now up to 319.09 from a starting point of 314.69. It has now increaxsed 4.4 points
Inlation also took a big hit. We had been on a stead streak of going down, but it jumped back up to 3% so it has gone up 0.4% from it's 2.6% starting spot.
Unemplotment went up 0.1% to 4.2%. So there has been a 0.1% increase since tracking started.
30 Year Fixed Mortgage rates increased to 7.08% from a starting point of 6.89% so an increase of 0.19% with the bulk of that coming in just the last week where it jumped 0.12%. That difference in 0.19% for a 30 year fixed on a $300,000 home would mean an extra $38 a month for the mortgage, which would be an extra $13,680 over the life of the loan.