See how much home prices have exceeded paychecks where you live: NPR

Millions of Americans are already excluded from buying a home, and the cost of buying one continues to rise. In decades past, it was common to find a home costing roughly three times a buyer’s annual income. But that ratio has been skewed significantly since the COVID-19 pandemic, with home prices up 47% since the … Read more

Olive Garden prices rise despite losing customers due to inflation

Olive Garden said it plans to continue raising menu prices — even as top executives admitted sales fell in the latest quarter as inflation-hit customers pulled back. Olive Garden’s same-store sales — or sales at stores open at least a year, a closely watched metric — fell 1.5% in the quarter ended May 26 — … Read more

Semiconductor sector posts worst day in 7 weeks: Key prices

Thursday saw the worst trading day for the semiconductor sector in seven weeks. Earnings revisions for some of the top tech stocks like Nvidia ( NVDA ), Amazon ( AMZN ), Meta ( META ), and Alphabet ( GOOG , GOOGL ) are currently over 35% higher than that of the entire S&P 500 ( … Read more