Mark Vitner
Mark Vitner
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What happened in March, if you were thinking about buying a home this spring and you thought rates were going to rise, you may well have rushed into the market. The weather cooperated as well, making it easy for folks to get out and shop, particularly in the South.
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When all is said and done, we should still have a fairly healthy level of new home sales this year -- probably up 4 to 5 percent for the year.
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When combined with the run-up in employee health-care costs, ... the inability to raise selling prices is the single most important reason that job growth has been lagging so much during this recovery.
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When combined with the anticipated double-digit gains in employer health-care costs, manufacturers may find it very difficult to add to their payrolls next year and may opt to work their existing work forces longer.
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We're shifting from an economy driven by consumer spending and home building to one driven by business investment.
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Lots of the activity that had been taking place in New Orleans is now taking place in Houston or Dallas or Atlanta, Birmingham or Baton Rouge,
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Ocala is much more affordable relative to other parts of the state.
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The prices paid is still way up there, inflation is still running a little hot, enough that the Fed will continue to raise interest rates.
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There's just such an enormous demand from pension funds and insurance companies to match their assets with the liabilities of the boomer generation.
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It would create an awful mess in Florida, where the labor market is tight by any definition.
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The state is expected to gain 150,000 new residents this year, with two-thirds of the adults likely coming from other states for job opportunities.
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Corporate America is on the mend. The only downside of stronger productivity growth is that it means hiring is lagging. As far as downsides go, this is roughly the equivalent of eating your broccoli. It may be tough to stomach at first, but it makes you stronger and healthier in the long run.
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Anecdotal evidence and common sense suggests that core inflation has not been anywhere near this tame.
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The same thing that has attracted retirees over the years is still there: the weather. You can do more things for a greater portion of the year.