Jared Bernsteian, head of the Council of Economic Advisors, said the administration is "very focused on the supply side" to fight housing shortages. at Businessinsider.com

For now, the government will remain open for another 45 days with the hope that lawmakers can come up with a longer-term funding bill before the next shutdown deadline. at Msn.com

Despite a gloomy outlook for housing with the 30-year rate being at the highest level since December 2000 and contract signings on U.S. homes falling back to early pandemic-era lows, Zillow’s Z, -0.66% chief economist says that homeowners who are downsizing are “lucky.” at Marketwatch.com

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin. at Oaoa.com

Consumers are going to be up against new headwinds very soon, per EY chief economist Gregory Daco, like the restart of federal student-loan payments. at Businessinsider.com

Steven Blitz, chief economist at TS Lombard, discusses the impact of a potential government shutdown on the U.S. economy that is "teetering towards recession." at Cnbc.com

Melissa Kearney worried about being pigeonholed as she wrote ‘The Two-Parent Privilege.’ at Wsj.com

Unlike many others, Brynjolfsson sees AI potentially bringing a bright future for human workers. The key to developing AI is “augmenting humans rather than mimicking them,” he says. From an economist’s perspective, “augmentation creates new capabilities and new products and services, ultimately generating far more value than merely human-like AI.” at Aol.com

Murat Ulgen, global head of emerging markets research at HSBC, discusses emerging market sentiment and how Latin America is attractive to investors right now. at Cnbc.com

Uruguay leads as one of four full democracies in the Americas, according to the Democracy Index 2020, published by The Economist. Uruguay scored 8,61 points out of a possible 10 and ranked ... at En.mercopress.com

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