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Inflation & Prices

Bummed Consumers Predict Shrinking Labor Market, Spiking Inflation

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Whatever they say, consumers’ actual spending has remained rock solid, even if sentiment is yet to return to prepandemic levels.

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Surprisingly Grim Jobs Data May Accelerate Fed Interest Rate Cuts

New private sector data that suggests the labor market is hurting may become especially influential with Bureau of Labor Statistics data likely on hold amid the government shutdown.

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Real Estate

A Rate Cut May Be The Push The Housing Market Needs

An interest rate cut would mean a lot of things: one undoubtedly good one would be a housing market more welcoming to buyers.

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Economics

What To Expect After The Fed Cuts Rates

The Federal Reserve is poised to cut interest rates this week, but whether the era of “higher-for-longer” rates is over is another matter.

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Dismal Jobs Numbers May Not Mean What You Think

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Morgan Stanley analysts think the US economy has been in a “rolling recession” since 2022 — and it may already be almost over.

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Real Estate

National Housing Crisis Masks Severe Rental Shortages

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Prospective homebuyers and sellers are in a holding pattern, as persistently high mortgage rates and prices keep them from making moves.

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Economics

Shrinking GDP Shows Tariffs’ Impact as Courts Scrutinize Their Legality

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Keeping track of the Trump’s on-and-off tariff strategy was hard enough — and now the judicial system is having their turn at the switch.

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