a range of labor market indicators suggests that underutilization of labor resources continues to diminish. Household spending is rising moderately and business fixed investment is advancing, while the recovery in the housing sector remains slow. Inflation has continued to run below the Committee's longer-run objective, partly reflecting declines in energy prices. Market-based measures of inflation compensation have declined somewhat
FRB: Press Release--Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement--December 17, 2014
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The median sales price for new houses sold in the United States increased by roughly 10% in 2014, and cumulatively has increased by 41% since bottoming in 2009.
The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices data for October 2014 (released December 30th) showed that the pace of home prices across the country continued to decelerate.
Semi related interesting fact: homeownership rate in the US has declined from a peak of 69.2% in 2005 to a 17-year low of 65.3% in 2014.
"Dealing with people every day wears on you," Ward says, squeezed into a desk chair in the Burbank, California, Cartoon Network building. A four-day-old bowl of Fruity Pebbles lies neglected at his elbow, the milk evaporated to leave just a rainbow of crud stuck to the sides of the bowl.
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(Oct. 23 - Nov. 21): A check, callback, or valuable introduction finally arrives. It's the eleventh hour, but it's still better late than never.SAGITTARIUS. (Nov. 22 - Dec. 20): One source of revenue dries up as another becomes available. Things may be tense for a few days, but this transition will go off without a hitch.CAPRICORN. (Dec. 21 - Jan. 18): You'll have to forgo something cushy in order to take that next step up. No matter. You were never big on creature comforts anyway.AQUARIUS. (Jan. 19 - Feb. 17):
Horoscope for Tuesday, 12/30/14 by Christopher Renstrom - SFGate
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more (you can see a comparison here). Not only that, but the permissions requested by Messenger—like camera, microphone, and location—were all related to pretty run-of-the-mill, useful features. Even if you're worried that Facebook is going to listen in on your microphone whenever you post a status (which, by the way, they've played around with), seeing a permission in a list doesn't mean it's happening.
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