China is stepping up to save its economy this year, but the data just doesn't seem to be getting much better

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Xi Jinping
Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

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The US housing market has ended a 9-month streak of price gains

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A row of houses on a street.
US home prices have ended a nine-month streak of gains.

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Beijing is unlikely to rescue Evergrande's offshore creditors because it could make things worse at home

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A man walks past an Evergrande Group residential complex called Evergrande Palace in Beijing on January 29, 2024.
A man walks past an Evergrande Group residential complex called Evergrande Palace in Beijing on January 29, 2024.

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There may be little to recover in the $300 billion Evergrande debt saga

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
Aerial photo shows a Evergrande Real Estate community in Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, Oct 1, 2023.
An Evergrande Real Estate community in China's Jiangsu province.

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6 photos and stats that put into perspective the sheer size of Evergrande, China's dying real-estate giant that has $300 billion in debt

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China Evergrande property development
Evergrande is China's second-biggest property developer.

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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.

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

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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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A housing expert who nailed the prediction for 2023 says home prices to jump 7% this year

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A single family home is shown for sale in Encinitas, California May 22, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Single family home is shown for sale in Encinitas

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Bad news, Beijing: Real-estate booms like the one in China nearly always end with a major banking crisis

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Evergrande
People commute in front of the under-construction Guangzhou Evergrande football stadium in Guangzhou, China's southern Guangdong province on September 17, 2021.

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A Tiktoker described her parent's 5-bedroom house as 'average.' It's making people question their perception of wealth

Tech Insider : Economy
Screenshots from The Barrys' viral TikTok video.
More than 20 million people watched the video tour of Sam's mom's "average" home.

TikTok @theblackbarrys

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