The US economy added 303k!!! jobs and inflation is under 3% but somehow most Americans still don't think the *national* economy is good. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
The jobs market is charging ahead in 2024 after gradual cooling for much of past year in response to soaring interest rates.
It’s housing. We didn’t build enough housing for a decade post-GFC, so now that there’s (in general) income growth it’s chasing a housing stock that doesn’t exist (and we’ve changed our usage patterns some post-COVID so the supply/demand mismatch is worse).
Because food prices are still high. It's literally that. Look at how outraged everyone is by Subway having gone from the $5 Footlong to "6 Inches for $6" now, or the price of ground beef at the grocery store.