Published on: 2025-05-12 14:39:16
President Trump's announcement this week of an aggressive wave of reciprocal tariffs on multiple countries and a 10% universal import tax triggered massive stock market chaos. The move also escalated fears of inflated consumer prices, a global trade war and a recession. It's unclear how these duties will upend supply chains and impact interest rates. With the vast number of unknowns in the economy — from Trump's protectionist measures to federal jobs slashing — mortgage rates have already seen
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-14 14:28:00
On Wednesday, President Trump announced an aggressive wave of reciprocal tariffs on multiple countries and a 10% universal import tax. The move, which experts say will increase domestic prices, triggered a massive stock market plunge, escalated fears over a global trade war and raised the likelihood of a recession. Questions remain over how these duties will upend supply chains and impact interest rates. Given the vast number of "unknowns" in the economy — from Trump's protectionist maneuvers t
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-16 14:34:00
On Wednesday, President Trump announced aggressive reciprocal tariffs on multiple other countries, as well as a 25% levy on all foreign automakers. The move has investors, businesses and everyday consumers worried about a global trade war. However, questions remain over how these duties will upend supply chains and impact prices and interest rates. Given the vast number of "unknowns" in the economy — from Trump's trade agenda and stock market swings to federal jobs slashing — it's surprising mo
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-18 13:04:10
Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet. - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Shelby County v. Holder Abundance, the buzzy new political call to arms by New York Times writer/podcaster Ezra Klein and The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson, is less a book than a manifesto. The primary thrust of Abundance is to ask what we need more of in American society — housing! c
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-18 22:30:00
Mortgage rates have fluctuated in a narrow range over the last several weeks, with the average 30-year fixed rate beginning and ending March at 6.75%, according to Bankrate data. "The keyword right now is uncertainty... Mortgage rates are in a holding pattern of sorts." Colin Robertson, founder of mortgage news site The Truth About Mortgage Given the vast number of "unknowns" in the economy — from President Trump's trade agenda and stock market swings to federal jobs slashing — it's surprising
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-26 14:15:00
I’ve always heard that tax refunds are for investing or saving for retirement. Mine? It's for eggs. One carton. That's it. A clear indicator of how far $12 goes in today’s economy Luckily, I wasn’t relying on my mini windfall to play the stock market or kickstart my emergency fund. In fact, 38% of US adults plan on using their tax refunds to catch up on overdue bills, tackle debt or cover housing costs, according to a recent CNET survey. Even if you finagled more than $12 back from the IRS this
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-28 06:35:00
I’ve always heard that tax refunds are for investing or saving for retirement. Mine? It's for eggs. One carton. That's it. A clear indicator of how far $12 goes in today’s economy Luckily, I wasn’t relying on my mini windfall to play the stock market or kickstart my emergency fund. In fact, 38% of US adults plan on using their tax refunds to catch up on overdue bills, tackle debt or cover housing costs, according to a recent CNET survey. Even if you finagled more than $12 back from the IRS this
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-07 18:16:00
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its monetary policy meeting this week — though sticky inflation, increased unemployment and slowing economic growth could force the central bank to cut rates in late spring or early summer. As recession fears mount and uncertain trade policies pressure financial markets, the key question for investors was how the Trump administration's economic austerity measures and tariffs would influence the Fed's interest rate forecast. "Policy is not on a
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-07 22:56:03
The standard view of housing markets holds that the flexibility of local housing supply–shaped by factors like geography and regulation–strongly affects the response of house prices, house quantities and population to rising housing demand. However, from 2000 to 2020, we find that higher income growth predicts the same growth in house prices, housing quantity, and population regardless of a city's estimated housing supply elasticity. We find the same pattern when we expand the sample to 1980 to
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 09:56:03
The standard view of housing markets holds that the flexibility of local housing supply–shaped by factors like geography and regulation–strongly affects the response of house prices, house quantities and population to rising housing demand. However, from 2000 to 2020, we find that higher income growth predicts the same growth in house prices, housing quantity, and population regardless of a city's estimated housing supply elasticity. We find the same pattern when we expand the sample to 1980 to
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-10 17:20:47
The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady at its monetary policy meeting this Wednesday — though sticky inflation, increased unemployment and slowing economic growth could force the central bank to cut rates in late spring or early summer. Reductions to the benchmark federal funds rate will indirectly lower other types of financing and consumer borrowing rates, like mortgages, over the long term. Investors are holding out for the Fed's interest rate forecast tomorrow, while
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-11 13:47:00
After a seven-week falling streak, mortgage rates reversed course, with the average rate on a 30-year fixed home loan now around 6.7%. This week, investors are holding out for the Federal Reserve's interest rate forecast, while concerns over a potential recession and uncertain trade policies keep pressure on financial markets. Mortgage rates, linked to the bond market, have been wavering due to President Trump's on-and-off-again tariffs, stock market swings and geopolitical uncertainty. The ce
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The White House has announced plans to “use” federal lands to create more “affordable housing.” While the effort would presumably destroy areas of wildlife that have been deliberately protected for generations, it will face some daunting headwinds. The initiative is to be carried out by the Department of Housing Development (HUD) and the Department of the Interior. In a joint announcement from HUD Secretary Scott Turner and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, the government said Monday that it was
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-13 06:11:00
After a seven-week falling streak, mortgage rates reversed course, with the average rate on a 30-year fixed home loan now around 6.7%. This week, investors are holding out for the Federal Reserve's interest rate forecast, while concerns over a potential recession and uncertain trade policies keep pressure on financial markets. Mortgage rates, linked to the bond market, have been wavering due to President Trump's on-and-off-again tariffs, stock market swings and geopolitical uncertainty. The ce
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