Déjà vu All Over Again
At 6 a.m. yesterday morning, I noticed the price of regular gas at the local Cumberland Farms was $3.04 a gallon—up five cents from the day before.
When I got to the coffee shop, the first thing the barista asked me was, “Are they going to stop raising rates?” I told him it looked like they were going to raise one more time. He shook his head and made my drink. He’s a real estate broker on the side, you see—he works at Starbucks for the healthcare. And his real estate business has collapsed.
Later, on the way home, the price of regular gas at the same Cumberland Farms had risen to $3.16 a gallon.
The last time I remember a bull market in interest rates and gasoline was, oh, 1979. It was like déjà vu all over again.
Jeff Matthews I Am Not Making This Up
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