ajtj99's Market Pulse

[CaribbeanJim]

There are some places that I have noticed businesses raising prices: building materials costs substantially more, corporate software maintenance contracts have gone up considerably in the last year, service jobs cost more, eating out at many of my favorite restaurants costs slightly more, etc.

From what I can tell, imported goods have so far not been affected by inflation. It is the materials that we make here and service jobs we have here where I have noticed inflation. If you are not building or do not own a business where you would use local services and maintenance contracts, you are probably not seeing much change.

Inflation on goods could also be occuring at the wholesale level because someone has to pay extra for the transportation of those goods. It may be passed on to the stores, but not passed on to the consumer.

Just something to consider.