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Surprise! Citi Economic Surprise Index Crashes To -7.30 (Home Prices UP 32% Under Biden, Mortgage Rates UP 160%)
Confounded Interest ^ | 05/04/2024 | Anthony B. Sanders

Posted on 05/04/2024 9:55:44 AM PDT by Kaiser8408a

Surprise! Just in time for the November election, this is a negative surprise that Biden doesn’t want to hear.

The Citi Economic Surprise index crashed to -7.30, the lowest since January 2023.

Under Biden’s leadership (hell, he and his family already own several mansions … on a Senator’s pay), home prices are up 32% under Biden and mortgage rates are up a staggering 160%.

Getting young households who rent to buy a home in this environment will require magic.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: housing; mortgage; rates; realty

1 posted on 05/04/2024 9:55:44 AM PDT by Kaiser8408a
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To: Kaiser8408a

Just don’t know what Citi means by “economic surprise.”


2 posted on 05/04/2024 9:56:09 AM PDT by xoxox
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To: Kaiser8408a

According to Krugman, things aren’t all that bad.


3 posted on 05/04/2024 10:05:56 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: Kaiser8408a

Apparently there are still buyers.

Supply and demand is supposed to fix this sort of thing.


4 posted on 05/04/2024 11:04:12 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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To: Kaiser8408a

IN 2020 a gallon at the pump in Texas was about $1.79

Today it’s about $3.50

http://www.texasgasprices.com/retail_price_chart.aspx

Prices have in 4 years nearly DOUBLED and the MSM hardly talks about it.

Why?


5 posted on 05/04/2024 12:50:38 PM PDT by Red6
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