Nike to raise prices by next week
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Southern California home prices are barely budging. In April, the average home price across the six-county Southern California region rose 0.4% from March to $884,981, according to data from Zillow. Compared with April 2024, values are up only 0.7%.
An off-the-cuff remark about never paying for rice has cost Japan’s agriculture minister his job, as pressure mounts on the government to solve the nation’s rice crisis.
President Donald Trump's order to for pharmaceutical companies to cut drug prices received mixed reactions, with some members of the public wary of government market intervention.
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Volatile lumber prices are causing uncertainty for construction businesses. In April 2025, the price of softwood lumber was 23% higher than the previous year. Lumber futures in Q1 2025 surged on fears of higher duties as well as sawmill closures across North America.
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Short-term rental prices surge by over 100% during peak times at popular vacation hotspots like Vail, Colorado, and Long Island, New York.
Prices in the UK rose by 2.6% in the 12 months to March, less than in the previous month but still above the Bank of England's target. The Bank of England moves interest rates up and down to try to keep inflation at 2%, and has cut rates twice in 2025, taking rates to 4.25%.
U.S. home prices dropped slightly in April. The decline was measured at 0.1% by the Redfin Home Price Index, on a seasonally adjusted basis. It’s the first month-over-month fall in prices since September 2022,