Skip to content
NAHB Logo

Eye On Housing

National Association of Home Builders Discusses Economics and Housing Policy

  • Housing Economics Plus
    • Housing Economics Plus Newsletter
    • Become a Plus Member
  • Survey Research
    • Indices
      • HMI
      • HBGI
      • CHI
      • MMS
      • AD&C
      • RMI
    • Books
  • Housing Policy Research
    • Special Studies
    • Housing's Economic Impact
  • Highlights
  • Team
  • Home
  • Shelter

Archives

Categories

  • Builder Finance (37)
  • Construction Statistics (251)
  • Employment/Labor (111)
  • HMI (38)
  • Home Sales and Prices (111)
  • Household Finance (95)
  • Housing Affordability (53)
  • Macroeconomics (136)
  • Multifamily (60)
  • Other Housing Data (77)
  • Policy Research (129)
  • Remodeling (21)
  • Single-Family (114)
  • Top Posts (15)

Shelter

  • Home Sales and Prices

Housing Costs Continue to Drive Price Gains

Jing FuMay 15, 2024May 15, 2024

Both overall and core inflation eased slightly in April amid higher costs for gasoline and shelter. On a year-over-year (YOY) basis, the shelter index rose by 5.5% in April, following a 5.7% increase in March. Despite a slowdown in the YOY increase, shelter costs continue…

Read More
Financial stock market investment trading graph. Candle stick graph chart. Currency exchange rates. Bullish point, Bearish point. trend on technology abstract background
  • Macroeconomics
  • Policy Research

How Quickly Do Prices Respond to Monetary Policy?

Eric LynchApril 17, 2024May 7, 2024

As economist Milton Friedman once quipped, monetary policy has a history of operating with “long and variable lags.”[1] What Friedman was expressing is that it takes some time for the true effects of monetary policy, like the changing of the federal funds rate, to permeate…

Read More

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Categories

Archives

Eye on the Economy Newsletter

Get bi-weekly insights from NAHB's chief economist on recent housing and economic activity.

Subscribe

Upcoming NAHB Economic Presentations

Map

  • November 20 - Indiana Builders Association
  • November 26 - Home Builders Association of Greater Cincinnati
  • December 3 - The Farnsworth Group
  • December 3 - Home Builders Association of Raleigh - Wake County
  • December 5 - Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Central Connecticut

To schedule a presentation for your group, please contact: econ@nahb.org

Wells Fargo Ad

NAHB Economics

1201 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20005
econ@nahb.org
  • NAHB
  • Housing Economics
  • NAHBNow Blog
  • The International Builders’ Show