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What do Changes in GDP Mean for the Housing Market Recovery?

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by Tim Rood on December 20 2012, 9:16 AM

This week the Commerce Department will release gross domestic product (GDP) data for the end of 2012. Given the sustained uncertainty around the fiscal cliff, and recent projections from the Federal Reserve, GDP is likely to maintain current levels or...

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