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    Housing Numbers Show Economy Is Stumbling

    Yesterday there was bad news about sales of existing homes across the United States. Today it's sales of new homes. The Commerce Department says they're at the lowest level since record-keeping began since 1963. Sudeep Reddy reports for the Wall Street Journal , where he also blogs at Real Time Economics .

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Yesterday there was bad news about sales of existing homes across the United States. Today it's sales of new homes. The Commerce Department says they're at the lowest level since record-keeping began since 1963. Sudeep Reddy reports for the Wall Street Journal, where he also blogs at Real Time Economics.

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      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Sudeep Reddy

      Wall Street Journal

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Election Results: Did Insurgents Upend the Establishment?
    1. 0:00Housing Numbers Show Economy Is StumblingYou’re reading this
    2. 7:21More Mudslinging on the Road to November
    3. 43:53Airport Full-Body Scanner Technology Used to Search Cars
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