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Bad housing news comes in threes

2024/5/23
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Alan Detmeister
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Daniel Ackerman
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Denise Dallof
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Diane Whitmore-Schanzenbach
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Greg Thomas
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Henry Epp
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Jared Horford
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Jenna Thurston
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Jim Conwell
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Kyle Risdell
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Laura Born
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Lee Eagle
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Matt Billett
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Mitchell Hartman
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Robert Frick
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Sabree Beneshour
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Shunts and bucks
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Stacey Vanek-Smith
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Supri Benisho
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Kyle Risdell:报道了美国住房市场在2024年5月第四周的低迷现状,新建房屋销售下降4.7%,二手房销售下降约2%,房屋建筑商信心指数下降。高抵押贷款利率是导致市场低迷的主要原因。 Robert Frick:高抵押贷款利率导致购房者无力承担高额月供,卖家也不愿出售房产,从而导致市场陷入僵局。为了解冻市场,联邦储备委员会需要将利率降至5%左右。 Danushka Nanakara:高房价将阻碍市场的全面复苏。 Mitchell Hartman:一些购房者通过降低利率、出租部分房产等方式来应对高房价和高利率。 Supri Benisho:沃尔玛和塔吉特等零售巨头正在展开激烈的价格竞争,以吸引顾客。 Doug McMillan和Brian Cornell:沃尔玛和塔吉特都通过降低价格来吸引顾客。 Denise Dallof:价格竞争正在多个领域回暖,许多消费者转向折扣店。 Alan Detmeister:核心商品价格持续下降,餐饮业等行业也可能面临降价压力。 Greg Thomas:由于消费者支出减少,一些餐饮企业面临客流量下降的困境。 Sabree Beneshour:商品价格竞争加剧,但服务业价格竞争尚未出现。 Sabree Beneshour:美国政府债务总额已超过34.5万亿美元,这引发了人们对财政状况的担忧。削减政府开支或提高税收是解决问题的两种途径。削减“特权项目”(entitlements)的开支是解决政府债务问题的一种途径,但这会给民众生活带来困难。 Stacey Vanek-Smith:疫情期间SNAP福利的扩大对许多人提供了帮助,但福利到期后却带来了许多问题。SNAP福利到期后,许多人面临食物短缺的问题,并寻求各种帮助。 Jenna Thurston:分享了她使用SNAP福利的经历以及SNAP福利到期后对人们生活的影响。 Jim Conwell:SNAP福利到期后,食品银行的需求量大幅增加。 Diane Whitmore-Schanzenbach:削减SNAP福利对美国社会造成了深远的影响,导致更多人面临食物短缺和贫困。削减“特权项目”(entitlements)的开支会给民众带来巨大的痛苦,这使得削减开支变得非常困难。 Shunts and bucks:高额债务会危及经济稳定。

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The housing market is suffering due to high mortgage rates, leading to a freeze in sales and affecting both buyers and sellers. Economists predict a slow recovery if rates drop to around 5%.

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This week, we got some gloomy news on the housing market: In April, new homes sales fell 4.7% and existing home sales dropped about 2% from the month before, and in May, homebuilder confidence took a dive. The most likely culprit? High mortgage rates. Also in this episode: Why DuPont is splitting its company into three, what Olympic and Paralympic athletes are doing to raise funds for Paris, and how business is going for a maker of custom cowboy boots in Virginia.

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