A home under construction is shown on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023 in Sudbury, Mass. On Thursday, Freddie Mac reports on this week’s average U.S. mortgage rates. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
Real Estate

Average long-term US mortgage rate climbs to 6.96% this week, matching highest level this year

Aviation workers hold a protest organized by the Association of Flight Attendants outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 9, 2020. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images
United States

Relief (Alivio) by Isaac Cohen (Opinion)

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, file photo, shoppers and pedestrians walk through a concourse at the American Dream Mall in East Rutherford, N.J. U.S. consumer confidence dipped slightly in October as a new wave of coronavirus cases began across the country. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Money

Consumer confidence dips to 100.9 as virus spreads in US

President Donald Trump gestures to supporters as he arrives for a campaign rally at Phoenix Goodyear Airport, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, in Goodyear, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
United States

‘So frustrating’: Grave missteps seen in US virus response

A visualization of the WaveGarden at Willow Lakes on West Midway Road in Fort Pierce, a surfing and entertainment village that received a first set of zoning approvals from the Fort Pierce City Commission, Sept 21, 2020. | Image from Bohler.
Construction

Developers in talks for $595 million Florida surf park with homes, hotel and shops

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Real Estate

Cheap dollar won’t revive NYC real estate market anytime soon

Vehicles drive past a now hiring sign as they enter a parking lot for a Home Depot store location, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Boston. The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits declined last week to a still-high 837,000, evidence that the economy is struggling to sustain a tentative recovery that began this summer. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
United States

Survey: Business economists see coronavirus as biggest risk

SAN ANSELMO, CA - JUNE 05: A roll of "I Voted" stickers sit on a table inside a polling station at a Ross Valley fire station on June 5, 2018 in San Anselmo, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Chambers

U.S. Chamber of Commerce parts ways with top strategist

Governor Phil Murphy. Friday September 18, 2020. | Photo: Governor's Office (Flickr)
Money

New Jersey lawmakers advance budget hiking taxes on wealthy

Rica Sunga-Kwan, owner of Churn Urban Creamery, wears a mask while interviewed at the shop in San Francisco, Thursday, April 23, 2020. Churn, which had closed days before San Francisco's shelter in place orders for coronavirus concerns, reopened on April 1, for online orders and curbside pickup, and created an online store to sell supplies such as flour, sugar, toilet paper and other items they had for their ice cream business to customers. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Entrepreneurs

NJ: Survey Finds Business Owners Eager to Reopen, but Concerned about Consumer Confidence

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