Tag: Rate

New Home Sales Drop in August in Anticipation of Rate Cut

With expectations of the Federal Reserve beginning the first in a series of rate reductions, potential home buyers held off purchasing new homes in August, according to data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau Sales of newly built, single-family homes in August fell 4.7% after an unusually […]

Report Shows Clean Energy Jobs Grew at Twice the Overall U.S. Employment Rate

According to new data released today, employment within the clean energy sector increased by 142,000 jobs in 2023, accounting for more than half of new energy sector jobs and growing at a rate more than twice as large as that for the rest of the energy sector and the U.S. economy overall.  The U.S. Department […]