August 4, 2008
Missed this news Friday, and so will react now to a note from American Airlines that it has decided to no longer feed its fares through aggregators Kayak and Sidestep. Here is message: As a valued customer who has booked...
Here is a map of all U.S. cities where homes sell at a discount to construction cost. It's an interesting swath of the country. View Larger Map...
I was leafing through a recent NBER paper today when I came across a table comparing housing construction costs versus average sale prices in various U.S. cities. As you might imagine, there are huge premiums in most cities, but there...
This year the major U.S. markets have been driven largely by what has happened in oil markets. Higher oil means lower stocks, and vice-versa. Right? Well, here is a graph of the correlation between oil futures and the S&P 500...
