Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced in a specific time period by a country or countries.
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Fed raises rate forecast for 2025
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met this week and decided to keep the Fed Funds rate unchanged. However, the Federal Reserve’s updated forecasts for...
Fannie Mae lowers housing starts forecasts on higher interest rates
Fannie Mae’s March economic forecast calls for multifamily housing starts to decline modestly through the end of 2025. Single-family housing starts are expected to...
Fannie Mae predicts a soft landing for economy
Fannie Mae’s February economic forecast calls for a steady decline in inflation while both GDP growth and employment growth remain positive, if subdued. The...
Fannie Mae no longer forecasts recession
Fannie Mae’s January economic forecast is their first since April 2022 that does not anticipate that the U.S. economy will go into recession as...
Fannie Mae sees milder housing downturn
Fannie Mae’s December economic and housing forecast predicts that single-family and multifamily starts will fall in 2024, but not as far as they predicted...
Fed backs off higher for longer
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met this week and decided to keep the Fed Funds rate unchanged. However, the Federal Reserve’s updated forecasts for...
GDP downturn still expected, but later
Fannie Mae’s November economic and housing forecast still predicts that GDP growth will turn negative, but not until later than in their prior forecasts.
With...
Multifamily starts forecast lower
Fannie Mae’s October economic and housing forecast predicts lower multifamily starts in both 2023 and 2024 than called for in last month’s forecast.
Multifamily starts...
Fed projects interest rates will stay high longer
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met this week and decided to keep interest rates unchanged. However, the Federal Reserve’s updated forecasts for key economic...
Multifamily starts slowdown forecast to come later
Fannie Mae’s September economic and housing forecast predicts higher multifamily starts in 2023 but lower multifamily starts in 2024 than called for in last...
Fannie Mae forecasts lower multifamily starts
Fannie Mae’s August economic and housing forecast predicts higher single-family starts but lower multifamily starts than did last month’s forecast.
Multifamily starts slow
The current forecast...
Economic momentum drives Fannie Mae forecast
Fannie Mae’s July economic and housing forecast reflects the surprising strength of the U.S. economy in early 2023. It predicts a higher level of...
Fannie Mae forecasts later downturn
Fannie Mae’s June economic and housing forecast predicts that the expected economic downturn will occur slightly later than did other recent forecasts. It also...
Fed signals higher interest rates ahead
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met this week and decided to keep interest rates unchanged. However, the Federal Reserve’s updated forecasts for key...
Infographic: Happy. Happy. Happy.
Happy. Happy. Happy. Job satisfaction hit a 36-year high in 2022. This is great news having moved through a wave of quiet quitting. There’s...
