by Brian Pate | May 20, 2024
Let’s pursue an economic analysis based on Gavekal’s Four Quadrants discussed earlier this week. Today, we are clearly in an inflationary boom. Almost every piece of economic data, every commodity price, and market behavior points to this....
by Brian Pate | May 20, 2024
Gavekal’s Four Quadrants of Economics is a way to understand how the economy works by looking at two main factors: growth and inflation. Imagine a big box divided into four smaller boxes, or “quadrants.” Each quadrant tells us something different...
by Brian Pate | Nov 27, 2023
For four decades, PNC has calculated the costs of the 12 gifts mentioned in the famous holiday song, “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” This year, the annual Christmas Price Index® (PNC CPI) increase is mostly due to higher labor expenses, which reflect the...
by Brian Pate | Nov 8, 2023
With the recent rise in dues for my membership to the Raleigh Regional Association of Realtors, I had many questions. A $100 increase in local dues at a time when most Realtors business is down by 20%-30% or more was not good timing and I vented my frustrations in a...
by Brian Pate | Nov 2, 2023
States around the country have been preparing for a fight over their efforts to prohibit foreign ownership of land, particularly farms, amid national security fears and some political grandstanding. Two dozen states currently prohibit or limit foreign ownership...
