Price out boats and r/v’s in winter, but for the rest of it, I think it may be just how you are looking at it. One of the oldest paintings(tapestry) is applicable, it’s called “the vinegar tasters”, buddha, confucious and lao tzu all tasting vinegar from the same pot yet all three have a different expression on their face. They were tasting the same vinegar, but they had a different attitude as they tasted it so they seemingling had different interpretations.
Some of your observations are correct, but most have an explanation, maybe not a justification but an explanation.
However, lots of things cost less and I believe food costs less. My experience seems to be completely different. Just last night I picked up some take out from pick up stix, they had a buy one get one free entree coupon in the mail, 25 cent wontons and dollar soup without the coupon, my tab for three people was under $20, it’s usually over $40 for about the same stuff. Super walmart just opened by us, the food prices are fairly cheap and the other grocery stores keep lowering theirs, my tab has been going down. Flat screen t.v’s and computers are way cheaper, labor, home improvement stuff, flooring, I’ve been pricing out some projects, all are less than they were five years ago. Two years ago, I would budget $10 a day for lunch, I can get by for $5 a lot of the time now.
-Houses are selling because they are cheaper
-Auto prices might be temporary as they are low on inventory from cash for clunkers, i think they got their future sales early and prices will fall, but then again they hadn’t sold much for a while
-Boats and RV’s always sell well in summer, but there is no excuse for them not to go down from here on out
-Stock market up from march but down from 14000, so it’s up from it’s lows and down from it’s highs, it’s medium.
-I’ll give you gas, I thought we stole iraq’s oil, when do we get that stuff?
