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Corner: Hong Kong’s real estate sector faces increasingly severe difficulties at the beginning of the year due to high procurement costs and slowing sales | Reuters

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Corner: Hong Kong’s real estate sector faces increasingly severe difficulties at the beginning of the year due to high procurement costs and slowing sales | Reuters

January 12: Hong Kong real estate development companies find themselves in even more trouble after the new year. Construction site of an apartment complex in Hong Kong, taken in October 2023 (2024 Reuters/Tyrone Siu) [香港　１２日　ロイター] – Since the beginning of the year, real estate developers in Hong Kong have found themselves in even greater difficulty. … Read more

Auto insurance premiums rose at the highest rate in 50 years in December, hampering a decline in the US consumer price index | Reuters

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Auto insurance premiums rose at the highest rate in 50 years in December, hampering a decline in the US consumer price index | Reuters

January 11, 2019: In recent months, rising auto insurance premiums have emerged as a factor keeping the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) from falling further. Photographed in Los Angeles in March 2022 (2024 Reuters/Mike Blake) (Reuters) – Rising auto insurance premiums have emerged in recent months as a factor keeping the U.S. consumer price index … Read more

Corner: Refocusing on the Fed’s balance sheet, some are reconsidering the pace of contraction in the final stages | Reuters

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Corner: Refocusing on the Fed’s balance sheet, some are reconsidering the pace of contraction in the final stages | Reuters

Jan 9 (Reuters) – Weekend comments from top U.S. Federal Reserve officials have soured some markets, with renewed focus on how the central bank will end its ongoing balance sheet contraction. Officials revised their views on ending the trial. In this photo, Dallas Federal Reserve President Logan gives a speech in Prairie View, Texas, in … Read more