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The retail theft problem has been greatly exaggerated
How bad is retail theft? A lobby group finally admits that nobody really knows
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The Fed could slash interest rates in half next year, says UBS
The Fed hiked interest rates 11 times in 2022-2023, but it could reverse course in a big way next year
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Interest rate cuts would be a ‘mistake,’ says influential economist
The Fed shouldn’t cave in to pressure to cut rates, says Ed Yardeni
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Some traders bet on a cataclysmic stock sell-off in December
There's a $30,000 "bid" for a 1,100% jump in Wall Street's "fear index", which essentially implies economic Armageddon
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The slow death of America’s unions
Only one in 10 American workers are unionized—and this figure gets much smaller for workers in the private sector
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Housing market cools in 95 of largest 100 U.S. metros, study finds
The housing market had no "winners" in the first quarter, as it took longer for homes to sell in the vast majority of major cities
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Record-low housing affordability is setting off a vicious cycle
Surveys show that as many as 92% of Americans have cut back on spending due to rising prices
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Middle class can't afford home in nearly half of top 100 U.S. metros, study finds
Homeownership is no longer a staple of the middle-class American Dream
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Could homebuyers finally catch a break? Experts predict a housing glut in 2024
Morgan Stanley says there could be an improvement only seen “a handful of times” over the past 35 years
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Can empty office space fix the housing shortage?
Faced with surging housing demand and not enough supply, developers in major cities are getting creative by transforming vacant office space into apartment buildings
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German bank warns of ‘greatest real estate crisis since the financial crisis’
There are striking similarities between the German and U.S. commercial real estate markets
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A 'perfect storm' led to the worst year for home sales in nearly 3 decades
Millions of Americans simply refused to list their homes in 2023, as rising mortgage rates forced homeowners to stay put
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China’s real estate crisis threatens the country’s largest banks
The world’s second-largest economy is in the midst of a full-blown property downturn, with banks resorting to desperate measures to balance their books
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America's middle class could be hit with a stealth tax hike
The clock is ticking on Trump administration tax cuts that expire next year, triggering a wave of potential tax hikes on many Americans in their wake
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America's biggest cities are becoming unaffordable for even dual-income households
Four cities—Los Angeles, St. Louis, Boston, and San Jose—are 100% unaffordable for the average family, according to a recent study
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Billionaire sees ‘cat 5 hurricane’ coming for commercial real estate
“It’s sort of a blackout hovering over the entire industry…”
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Student loan borrowers stage ‘massive student debt strike’
Student loan payments are due, but tens of millions of borrowers are refusing to pay
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Corporate debt collapse fears may come true this time
This spells real trouble for corporate debt investors—that is, virtually everyone with a brokerage account or 401(k)
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Banks pull the plug on risky loans for struggling borrowers
Low-income households are finding it harder to get the financing they need as banks tighten lending requirements
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Why the death of remote work isn’t making suburbs cheap again
Work-from-home made living in the suburbs a lot more expensive, and that’s unlikely to change even as more people return to the office
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