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Money • Daily Issue

3.98 Million Home Sales Turn Spring Open Houses Into Math Class

NAR’s March report shows a market with more listings, lower rates than last spring and still too few homes ordinary paychecks can reach. The spring ritual is back, but every sidewalk tour now comes with a calculator.

By The Press • April 27, 2026 • 1:53 p.m.

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IMF’s 19% Energy Shock Reaches the Checkout Line

The IMF’s April outlook begins with war, fuel and a shipping choke point. Its clearest money test is more ordinary: how long one price shock can keep traveling through gas receipts, freight bills, fertilizer invoices, food budgets, interest-rate decisions and government debt.

By The Press • April 27, 2026 • 1:53 p.m.

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32BJ’s $4.50 Raise Puts New York’s Lobby Math on the Desk

A tentative deal for nearly 34,000 doormen, porters, supers and resident managers avoided a citywide strike. Now the money question moves from Park Avenue to paychecks, pensions, maintenance fees and rent ledgers.

By The Press • April 27, 2026 • 1:53 p.m.

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