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Fannie and Freddie's Effect on Housing Starts Housing starts are an especially important indicator of overall strength in the housing sector and are a contributor to economic growth. A new Heritage study finds that shutting down Fannie and Freddie during the test period of 1980-2010 would have slightly affected housing starts at the national and regional levels.
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Heritage Employment Report: September Job Creation Still Slow
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) September payroll survey finds that employers added a net 114,000 new jobs, continuing the trend of slow employment growth during the recovery. The substantially divergent job growth reported in the household survey and the associated drop in the unemployment rate is inconsistent with other economic indicators and may represent statistical sampling error.
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Debate 2012: Obama Once Again Misleads on Jobs Numbers
During his first answer of the first presidential debate, President Obama repeated a claim regarding employment numbers that, while true, makes his record on jobs appear rosier than reality.
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