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National home prices rose in July even as mortgage rates climbed over the spring and summer. Mortgage rates have moved higher since, and the Fed raised its benchmark rate in September. How much more pressure can home prices absorb? Higher rates squeeze buyers, but borrowing costs alone don’t explain why prices have held. What has kept prices up is being tested again. Buyers still face expensive borrowing with no certainty that waiting will bring lower prices. Barry Habib, founder and CEO of Highway and a member of Fannie Mae’s board, examines why home prices have held up so far. He also considers what further rate increases could mean for prices. *Views expressed in this video/article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Market Insider Show

Bringing manufacturing back to the United States means confronting the costs that helped send it overseas. After tariff changes in April 2025, pallet maker RM2 could no longer sustain its operation in Juárez, Mexico. Yet moving home to America meant absorbing those costs—and redesigning the factory so American wages and inputs could work. Wayne Cochran spent decades helping companies including Motorola and Intel move manufacturing offshore. As CEO of RM2, he led the move the other way. On Market Insider, he walks us through the math behind that decision and why a supply chain rebuilt at home still left the company exposed to a shock from overseas. *Views expressed in this video/article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Market Insider Show

Inflation has picked up again this year, with higher energy prices tied to the war with Iran pushing headline readings higher. On Sept. 16, the Federal Reserve raised rates for the first time since 2023. What happens when a policy aimed at prices meets an economy that may be less able to absorb higher borrowing costs? Not all inflation reaches the economy in the same way. When pressure begins with energy rather than with stronger demand, the policy response can carry risks that a single inflation reading does not reveal. Edward Dowd, founding partner at Phinance Technologies, explains what he sees beneath the inflation data and why he believes the risks extend beyond prices. Recorded ahead of the Fed's decision, the conversation looks at where tighter policy could add pressure over the coming months. *Views expressed in this video/article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Market Insider Show

When the Strait of Hormuz closed during the Iran conflict, oil and diesel prices rose as markets tried to judge how long the disruption would last. Futures may reflect hopes for an end to the fighting, and the price consumers ultimately face is tied to more than the crude oil benchmark. The pressure on prices may outlast the event that set it off. Even if oil prices respond quickly to signs of relief, the path back to more stable fuel costs remains harder to read. Andrew Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates, has more than three decades of experience in petroleum markets. He joins us to examine what oil prices alone do not show about diesel costs, including what they can mean for home heating bills and the movement of goods, and how the same pressures affecting oil prices could complicate the outlook for inflation and interest rates. *Views expressed in this video/article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Market Insider Show

Central banks keep adding gold to their reserves while Treasury yields stay elevated, feeding a familiar explanation that the dollar is being debased and the world is rotating away from it. But if that read is right, why does demand for dollar assets remain near historic highs? The tension becomes harder to explain when similar pressure appears in government bond markets outside the United States. What looks like a story about a single currency may point to a broader shift in how markets view sovereign debt. Daniel Lacalle, chief economist at Tressis and a fund manager, explains what central-bank gold purchases may be signaling. He examines why the usual de-dollarization narrative may not fully account for what is happening in global bond markets. *Views expressed in this video/article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Market Insider Show