Yearly Archives - 2022

US consumers about to be hit hard

30 Jun 2022 - While housing does not account for a huge amount of economic output, it is a boom-bust industry that has historically played an outsize role in downturns. The sector runs on credit and the highest mortgage rates since 2008 will start to bite across consumer spending as new home purchases are often followed by new furniture, new appliances and new electronics – its seems US consumers are about to be hit with the double whammy of...

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