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Xi just fired China's top markets regulator. It shows his focus is still on control above all else.

Thu, 02/08/2024 - 03:56

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics, Economy

Chinese President Xi Jinping makes a toast after delivering his speech at a dinner marking the 74th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China at the Great Hall of the People on September 28, 2023 in Beijing, China. — Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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18 million rental units are at risk as climate disasters get more common, Harvard study says

Wed, 02/07/2024 - 16:13

Tech Insider

House in Florida destroyed by a passing hurricane. — Homes and buildings would get ripped apart by sheet force if Earth stopped rotating on its axis.
CHUYN/Getty Images

Real Estate, Markets, housing-market, rental-market, climate-change, weather-disasters, insurance

The 'zombie economy' is haunting the stock market and stoking uncertainty, strategist says

Wed, 02/07/2024 - 15:50

Tech Insider : Economy

The zombie economy is haunting the stock market — The zombie economy is haunting the stock market
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The odds of a global recession keep going down

Wed, 02/07/2024 - 15:31

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

Black Friday shopping at a mall. — NDR said the global economy isn't yet facing a downturn.
Howard Schnapp/Getty Images

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The inventor of the market's most famous recession indicator says 3 factors will ensure a coming downturn isn't too painful

Wed, 02/07/2024 - 14:48

Tech Insider : Economy

Campbell Harvey — Screengrab/YouTube

economy, Markets, campbell-harvey, inverted-yield-curve, recession-indicator, soft-landing, next-recession

NYCB's stock crash shows the peril of a bank growing too fast

Wed, 02/07/2024 - 12:54

Tech Insider

nycb new york community bancorp — AP Photo/Richard Drew

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Americans are feeling the most optimistic about the mortgage market since the Fed started hiking rates

Wed, 02/07/2024 - 12:12

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Sales, inventory, and construction are picking up in the US housing market after months of being battered by sky-high mortgage rates. — Sales, inventory, and construction are picking up in the US housing market after months of being battered by sky-high mortgage rates.
Martin Barraud/Getty Images

Real Estate, Markets, housing-market, housing-outlook, mortgage-rates, fed-rate-hike, fed-rate-cuts

Russia's wartime economy is flush with resources and is weathering Western sanctions, European economist says

Wed, 02/07/2024 - 11:53

Tech Insider : Economy

Vladimir Putin smile — Reuters

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China's housing bust is happening at 'a historically rapid pace' only seen in the worst collapses of the last 3 decades

Wed, 02/07/2024 - 10:18

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

Local residents look at a model of a Poly Real Estate Group housing project at a real estate showroom on May 25, 2023 in Sanya, Hainan Province of China. — Local residents look at a model of a Poly Real Estate Group housing project at a real estate showroom on May 25, 2023 in Sanya, Hainan Province of China.
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Office-to-residential conversions have surged 357% since 2021 as billions in commercial mortgages come due

Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:01

Tech Insider

New York City skyline — The number of offices being converted into residential properties has skyrocketed since 2021.
CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images

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