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From the NAR: Pending Home Sales Falter 2.2% in September The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), a forward-looking indicator of…
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From the BEA: Gross Domestic Product, Third Quarter 2020 (Advance Estimate) Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual…
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