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Wednesday, July 19, 2023

The Post-Pandemic US Economy

The Pandemic’s Labor Market Myths
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/business/economy/pandemic-labor-market-myths.html
Amid the pandemic, people thought the labor market had permanently changed in important ways. It was a bad bet.

Homeowners Don’t Want to Sell, So Home Builders Are Booming.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-home-sales-boom-builders-6c736630
High mortgage rates are dissuading sellers, leaving new construction the only game in town; ‘there was no inventory’ 

Don’t Let Inflation Bury the Memory of a Government Triumph

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/opinion/inflation-pandemic-wages-unemployment.html