The federal debt will represent 62% of the nation’s economy by the end of this year, the highest percentage since just after World War II, according to a long-term budget outlook released today by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.
Diana Golobay was a reporter with HousingWire through mid-2010, providing wide-ranging coverage of the U.S. financial crisis. She has since moved onto other roles as a writer and editor.see full bio
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“Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres.” All Gaul is divided into three parts. Julius Caesar used those words more than 2,000 years ago to begin an account of military conquest. America’s housing affordability challenge might be described similarly. Like Gaul of yore, it divides into three parts: talk, action, and outcomes. Identifying the three […]
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Diana Golobay was a reporter with HousingWire through mid-2010, providing wide-ranging coverage of the U.S. financial crisis. She has since moved onto other roles as a writer and editor.see full bio