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Market Insights:
January 2, 2024

Posted on January 02, 2024

The Housing Outlook 2024Date: 1/2/2024 Brian S. Wesbury, Chief EconomistRobert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist Just because we still think the economy is headed for a recession, doesn’t mean we think the housing market is going to get killed. The housing market was a mixed bag in 2023: housing starts and existing home sales were weak, […]

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