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[ad_1] Washington, DC CNN  —  Mortgage rates inched up again last week, after a slight increase the week before interrupted six straight weeks of falling rates. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.48% in the week ending January 5, up from 6.42% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. A year …

[ad_1] Washington, DC CNN  —  It is almost as if the wild turns in the Manhattan real estate market during the pandemic didn’t happen. Almost. The frenzy to buy apartments in Manhattan took off in 2021 as the city bounced back from the worst of the pandemic. But it nosedived …

[ad_1] Minneapolis CNN  —  The number of available jobs in the United States totaled 10.46 million in November, according to data released Wednesday by the Department of Labor. That’s more than the 10 million total job openings that economists were expecting, according to Refinitiv, and slightly lower than the upwardly …

[ad_1] New York CNN  —  Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, has arrived at a Manhattan federal court where he is set to appear to face charges that include cheating investors out of billions of dollars. Authorities have accused Bankman-Fried of stealing customer funds from FTX …

[ad_1] Hong Kong CNN  —  China’s economy grew at least 4.4% in 2022, according to leader Xi Jinping, a figure much stronger than many economists had expected. But the current Covid wave may hobble growth in the months ahead. China’s annual GDP is expected to have exceeded 120 trillion yuan …

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[ad_1] New York CNN  —  Singles are ditching pricey white tablecloth meals for romance in the park or on a walk instead. The high cost of dining out and changes to dating habits during the pandemic have driven singles to seek out more affordable, casual first dates. Singles are spending …

[ad_1] New York CNN  —  Wall Street is bidding goodbye — and good riddance — to 2022. It has been a year most investors would rather forget. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, snarled supply chains and another year of Covid turned markets on their head this year. Inflation surged around the …

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[ad_1] Minneapolis CNN  —  For a year that held promise of a return to normalcy, 2022 threw plenty of curve balls at the American consumer. Supply chains remained in disarray as ongoing snarls were drastically worsened by lockdowns in China and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, average US gas prices shot …