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The latest analysis and insights into current events and economic indicators such as central bank news, unemployment numbers, GDP, and more.
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Fed Officials Split On Whether To Raise Interest Rates Even Higher
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Cash Saved During Pandemic is Letting Shoppers Keep Spending
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Falling Economic Index Suggests Recession Ahead
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Three Past Debt Limit Standoffs Ended Without a Default—This Time Could Be Different
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Mortgage Applications Declined Last Week
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April Housing Starts Rise As Low Home Inventory Boosts Outlook For New Construction
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Homebuilder Confidence Increased This Month
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Retail Sales Ticked Up in April, Even As Inflation Forced Cutbacks on Non-Essentials
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Household Debt Rises to $17 Trillion As Delinquencies Increase
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Atlanta Fed’s Bostic Says He Doesn't See Rate Cut This Year
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Why So Few Houses For Sale? Pandemic-Refinancers Have 24 Billion Reasons to Stay Put
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Food Prices are Finally Falling, With One Major Exception
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Down Payments for Home Purchases Fell in Q1 From A Year Earlier
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Consumer Sentiment Plunges on Renewed Economic Worries
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Mortgage Applications Jumped Last Week
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Business Leaders See 1 in 3 Chance of ‘Full-Blown Financial Crisis’
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A Money Mystery: What Happened To The Lowest Earners’ Pandemic-Era Cash Stash?
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Producer Prices Rose Less than Expected in April
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Bank of England Raises Rates to Highest Level Since 2008
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Fed Report Highlights Risk of Bank Exposure to Commercial Real Estate
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The New York City Economic Tracker: April 24, 2023
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Here’s How Deposit Insurance Keeps Bank Accounts Safe—Even If Its Funding Runs Dry
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Gas and Vehicle Prices Fueled Stubborn Inflation in April
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Rising Rates, Tighter Lending, Remote Work Squeeze Commercial Real Estate
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Homebuyers' Confidence Improved in April by the Most in 2 Years
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Borrowing Will Get Tougher Before it Gets Easier, Banks Say
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Tight Inventory Caused Homes to Sell Quickly in April
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Banks Held Back On Hiking Deposit Rates. But Now The Pressure Is On.
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Unemployment Mostly Remains Steady in April
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When Jerome Powell Speaks, Markets Shudder
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Mortgage Applications Dropped Last Week Even as Interest Rates Fell
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Home Equity Declined in First Quarter for Many Americans
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Fed Squeezes Inflation and Economy Harder With a Tenth—Possibly Final—Rate Hike
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Here’s Where Prices For ‘Overvalued’ Homes Are Falling The Most
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Job Openings Kept Drying Up in March
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Construction Spending Rose Slightly in March
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AI, Green Energy Will Change Nearly A Quarter Of Global Jobs By 2027
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Fed Faces Pivotal Decision: When To Pause Interest Rate Hikes
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This Year's Bank Failures Eclipse 2008 Levels
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What If You Could Bank With the Federal Reserve?
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Return To Office Plans: How about Never? Does Never Sound Good?
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Inflation Makes Shoppers Cut Back On Everything But Necessities
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Inflation Ticked Down in March
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Limited Housing Supply Constrained Pending Home Sales in March
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Decelerating GDP Growth Adds to Signals of Growing Recession Risks
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Hamptons Home Prices Surge Amid Inventory Shortage
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The New York City Economy Tracker: April 10, 2023
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Crop, Food Supply Woes Complicate Central Banks' Inflation Fight
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U.S. Home Price Growth Slowed in February, Leading to a Pickup in March Sales
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Fed's Mester Suggests Higher Interest Rates Ahead
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Financial Well-Being Falls From a Year Ago
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US Home Prices Fell by Most in Decade Last Month
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Foreclosures Rise to Highest Since Pandemic Hit
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Single-Family Housing Starts Rose in March as Multifamily Fell
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Banks' Lending Standards Are Tightening; Unemployment Could Be Close Behind
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'Locked In': Homeowners Seeking to Sell Are Trapped by Their Low Mortgage Rates
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Emergency Bank Lending Drops for Third Straight Week after Crisis Measures
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OPEC Sees China Spearheading Global Increase in Summer Oil Demand
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Wholesale Inflation Falls to the Lowest in Three Years as Energy Prices Tumble
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NYC Office Vacancies Hit Record, Gain in Other Metro Areas
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New York City Rents Rise to Records
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Credit Card Debt Surpasses Excess Savings for the First Time Since 2020
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Renewables' Share of Global Power Generation Hit a Record Last Year
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Inflation Rose Less Than Expected in March
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Yellen: 'I'm Not Anticipating a Downturn in the Economy'