Uncertainty, bumpy, resilient-ish
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4.5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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We called up some economists to get their take on one word to describe this year’s economy. Mostly, experts said things fell somewhere in the middle of excellent and disastrous, but some had cheerier outlooks than others. Also in this episode, we ring in the new year with a 2025 housing market lookahead and a breakdown of the first congestion pricing program in the U.S., coming to New York City Jan. 5.
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| 1:06.2 | In New Year's Eve fashion, we'll look back at the economy of 2024. We'll look forward to the |
| 1:12.1 | economy of tomorrow. And we'll maybe even make a resolution along the way. From American |
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| 1:23.2 | In New York, I'm Kristen Schwab in for Kyrisdal. It's Tuesday, December 31st. Thanks for joining us on this New Year's Eve. We're going to begin today's show by picking up a theme we started on Monday, housing. Elizabeth Troval told us yesterday about how there's recently been a little more movement |
| 1:45.0 | in the market, but new data in today kind of sours that sentiment. The latest S&P CoreLogic |
| 1:51.9 | Case Schiller Index shows nationally prices went up 3.6% in October from a year ago. That's a slowdown |
| 2:00.1 | in annual growth from September, but big picture, |
| 2:03.7 | the price of a home is expensive, like all-time high expensive. Add mortgage rates to the equation |
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