Posts Tagged ‘housing’

Housing Market Strengthens, Clearing Hurdle to Recovery

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The Fed’s semi-monthly survey of local economic conditions suggests housing has turned a corner.


Amid Signs of Growth, Concern Over 2012

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The economy is showing hints of life, but economists have not ruled out another recession.


Did the U.S. Get Labor Wrong?

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As Europe adopts the American idea of a mobile workforce, a stubbornly high U.S. unemployment rate casts some doubt over that model.