On Friday, we received a second Producer Price Index (PPI) release for January. This was a catch-up report following last year’s government shutdown, which delayed some releases. This latest report included December data.

Spoke with Aarthi Swaminathan at MarketWatch about why more homeowners are staying put longer. Higher rates, the lock‑in effect, and aging in place have slowed mobility — but signs of a thaw are emerging as affordability rises and supply moves toward balance. marketwatch.com/story/these-2-…

Kudos to Matthew Yglesias for tying last month’s massive winter storm—and the snow shovel shortage that followed—back to housing policy. As a shovel-breaker myself, this hit close to home (or really, my frozen driveway): slowboring.com/p/a-country-ca…