The combination of low commodity prices, muted wage pressures and weak aggregate demand are keeping inflation at bay. 15. Crude oil prices have been relatively volatile, rising from June to August 2020 and falling to an average of USD42 a barrel for the first three weeks of September 2020. 16.
Four public hearings held around the country confirmed evidence that we were gathering from other sources that the mortgage market was undergoing the significant changes with which we are all now familiar.