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Fed Economist Forecasts Uptick in Single-Family Construction

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Fed Economist Forecasts Uptick in Single-Family Construction. The housing market may be headed straight for a post-pandemic downturn, but according to Jordan Rappaport, a senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, an uptick in single-family home building could soon follow. Thu, 10/06/2022 - 10:24. NAHB reports.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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Slow economic growth has kept the percentage low, but the supply chain sector has made great strides in productivity, asset utilization and inventory management in the past three years.” Labor Department forecasts that truck drivers will account for 43 percent of the growth in logistics jobs in the coming years. Spending in the U.S.