Real estate securities rebounded sharply in December, leading the broad-based gains for the major asset classes in the final month of 2023, based on a set of ETFs. Commodities, by contrast, were the downside outlier, for December and for the calendar year that just ended.
Daily Archives: January 2, 2024
Macro Briefing: 2 January 2024
* US government faces shutdown on Jan. 19 without new funding bill
* Shale to the rescue: US fracking keeps world awash with oil as conflicts abound
* The slowdown in the housing industry has ripple effects
* Global stock markets in 2023 mark strongest calendar-year rise since 2019
* China’s economy is struggling, admits President Xi Jinping
* China’s manufacturing sector remains sluggish, survey data show
* US Weekly Economic Index surges to highest level in nearly 1-1/2 years:
