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Apr 24, 2020

US: A Tough Week, and a Policy Mistake

As a reminder we have been saying for a while to expect really awful data for several months, and today’s report is no exception.
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Apr 20, 2020

COVID-19: Contract Clauses Construction Contractors Should Know

For construction contractors, the impacts of the coronavirus crisis will be felt long after the quarantine is lifted. Here are a few simple steps to minimize the impacts from our Surety Legal Counsel, Rob Duke.
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Apr 16, 2020

US: Bad, but Better

First the worst news of the day, which is that the housing market is collapsing, as you would expect. Housing starts fell 22.3% in March, the 4th largest monthly decline on record since 1959.
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Apr 15, 2020

Exiting the Lockdowns: A Tale of Four Stories

Epidemiological data suggest that few countries are already in a position to start deconfining.
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Apr 15, 2020

US and Canada Data Worse than Expected

In this environment, expectations are much more uncertain than usual, but we can certainly expect that all the data over the next few months will be bad.
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Apr 09, 2020

Jobs in Canada and US Bad as Expected

Weekly jobless claims in the US hit 6,606,000, just a bit less than last week’s 6,867,000, which again was almost 10 times as much as the previous record (before the last 3 weeks).
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