Mortgage rates will dip below 6% this year amid a stronger housing-market rebound, Fannie Mae says

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The housing market is starting to unfreeze.
The housing market is starting to unfreeze.

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American consumers haven't been this upbeat about the economy since 2021

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Consumer sentiment jumped to start 2024, hitting its highest mark since 2021.

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The housing market in 2023 saw its worst year of sales in 29 years

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The US housing market saw its lowest year of sales in 2023 since 1995. Mortgage rates soared last year as the Fed kept up its fight against inflation.

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The housing market will take off in a 2024 renaissance as construction, demand are set to surge, National Association of Home Builders CEO says

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How the blockchain could solve one of AI’s biggest problems

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China is entering an era of stagnation and disappointment that may not be resolved like Japan's, Nobel economist Paul Krugman says

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Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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The Fed has to start cutting rates to avoid tipping the economy over, and 8 cuts are coming in the next 2 years, Bank of America chief Brian Moynihan says

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Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan

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Inflation at 3% isn't the problem — it's the expectation that interest rates will soon fall, asset manager says

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Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.

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Lawmakers are trying to keep meatpacking giant JBS from trading on NYSE, citing links to deforestation

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Cattle walk along an illegally deforested area in an extractive reserve near Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil.
Two-thirds of Amazon deforestation results from conversion to pasture for livestock, according to the Brazilian government.

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Avoiding a US debt crisis is 'economically easy,' but politics stands in the way of urgent reform, research firm says

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