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Home price indexes, GDPs and jobless claim numbers are all coming in this week. The Takeaway speaks with Gus Faucher, director of macroeconomics at Moody’s Economy.com, and Andrew Walker of the BBC to interpret these economic indicators.
Home price indexes, GDPs and jobless claim numbers are all coming in this week. Sure, the numbers look good, but what does it all mean in practical terms? Can the worst of the economic downturn really be behind us? We speak with Gus Faucher, director of macroeconomics at Moody’s Economy.com, and Andrew Walker, who covers economics for the BBC, to interpret these fuzzy economic indicators.