Peter's Blog

President Trump’s insistence on lowering interest rates serves only the ever-growing spending state. Lower interest rates may relieve some price pressure in the housing market, but printing money is only going to make things worse in the long run.

Consumer confidence remains in the dumps, thanks in large part to rising prices in essential goods and services like housing. Contrary to the Trump administration’s preference for lower interest rates, the solution to the housing affordability crisis is to end the Fed, which created and still sustains the problem.

While home prices increase in price exponentially, many worry as to whether they will one day own a home. For years the American dream consisted of home ownership and financial independence. The increasing price of homes makes it seem as though only a select group of elites can afford them. The graph below shows median […]