Beijing is making moves to restore confidence in its battered stock markets, but there might be another big problem just ahead

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Investors are paying attention to the stock market at a securities business hall in Fuyang, China, on December 5, 2023.
Investors are paying attention to the stock market at a securities business hall in Fuyang, China, on December 5, 2023.

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Recap: Tesla Q4 earnings disappoint; Elon Musk talks slowing demand, Cybertruck, and a next-gen vehicle

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Model Y electric vehicles stand on a conveyor belt at the opening of the Tesla factory in Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, Tuesday, March 22, 2022.
Elon Musk's company missed earnings and revenue targets, and warned of a sales slowdown in 2024.

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American consumers won't save the economy in 2024 and their wild holiday spending spree was a 'last hurrah', Wells Fargo says

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Shoppers have their receipts and carts checked by an employee as they exit from a Costco store in Alhambra, California, on August 19, 2019/
Shoppers have their receipts and carts checked by an employee as they exit.

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The Fed itself is the biggest risk to a soft landing for the US economy, top economist says

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Former Fed economist Claudia Sahm thinks the Fed is the biggest risk to a soft landing.
Former Fed economist Claudia Sahm thinks the Fed is the biggest risk to a soft landing.

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The housing market capped off its worst year of sales since 1995. Here's how affordability, inventory, and demographics have changed in 3 decades.

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A row of homes in a residential neighborhood.
The housing market of 2023 differed dramatically from that of 1995.

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Why the start of the year has been so brutal for China's stock market

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An investor checks his stocks value at a stock exchange market in Shanghai October 23, 2007.
An investor checks his stocks value at a stock exchange market in Shanghai.

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A key indicator shows Americans' financial stress is mounting

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One key indicator shows US consumers' financial stress is climbing.

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Commercial mortgage lending to jump 29% in 2024 after slowest year in a decade, Mortgage Bankers Association says

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High-rise residential buildings in Singapore.
High-rise public housing apartments are a key feature of Singapore's skyline.

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This year could be the breaking point for commercial real estate distress, research firm says

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FILE PHOTO: People walk past office buildings at the central business district in Singapore in this April 14, 2015 REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: People walking past office buildings at the central business district in Singapore

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China's stock market is in a 3-year slump and Beijing's flip-flops are adding to the confusion

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People are walking past an electronic display board showing the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong, China, on January 22, 2024.
People are walking past an electronic display board showing the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong, China, on January 22, 2024.

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