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Economy
Markets, trade, employment, prices and economic policy.
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Of the 186 claims in Economy with evidence either way, 91% held up.
Showing 1221-1240 of 1595 claims
Commercial planning grew 14.2% while institutional planning expanded 35.1% over the month
DMI is up 27% from average reading over same period in 2024 year-to-date
Planning data skyrocketed in July on back of large projects entering planning queue for data centers research & development labs hospitals and service stations
Cumulative activity drove record highs in DMI combined with more organic momentum in planning for hotels warehouses and recreational projects
MPI is weighted average of four key market segments three in built-for-rent market one in built-for-sale market
Journalists’ union said they have all been embarrassed for three days
Sports journalists at Rai are going on strike because their boss could not tell difference between Mariah Carey and a younger Italian actress
Four-week moving average was 220750 a decrease of 500 from previous week's revised average
Advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 226000 in week ending August 2 an increase of 7000 from previous week's revised level according to Department of Labor
Previous week's level was revised up by 1000 from 218000 to 219000
Component measuring garden low-rise dropped three points to 50
Confidence in subsidized affordable housing has shown considerable improvement in this survey due in part to optimism surrounding expansion of federal affordable housing resources flowing from recent congressional reconciliation bill
Number below 50 indicates more respondents report conditions are poor than report conditions are good
High interest rates rising construction costs limited land availability restrictive local regulations are still significant issues in certain parts of country
Component measuring subsidized units jumped ten points to 61
MOI measures multifamily housing industry perception of occupancies in existing apartments on scale of zero to 100
Confidence in new multifamily housing market increased year-over-year in second quarter
Multifamily Production Index (MPI) had reading of 46 up two points year-over-year
Soft surface sales outpaced the market in the second quarter where the industry was down 7%
The company produced stronger operating margins at 29.2% of net sales compared to 28.1% in the same quarter of the prior year despite lower year over year sales volume
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Some price increases stemmed from tariffs other factors like housing and food costs played a larger role
June inflation highest since February Trump's tariffs increased prices
Prices are rising because of tariffs
Risk is that investors begin to doubt United States will pay back its debts and start demanding higher interest rates
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Country is still on track to borrow an alarming amount of money in coming years
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