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Industry Groups Warn Fed to Quit Hiking Rates... or Else

The National Association of Home Builders, the Mortgage Bankers Association and the National Association of Realtors have pressed the Federal Reserve to stop tightening the money supply, or else risk economic turmoil. So reports CNBC.

MBAThe real estate and lending groups sent a letter to the Fed Board of Governors and Chair Jerome Powell, they said, “to convey profound concern shared among our collective memberships that ongoing market uncertainty about the Fed’s rate path is contributing to recent interest rate hikes and volatility.”

The coalition said, “We urge the Fed to take these simple steps to ensure that this sector does not precipitate the hard landing the Fed has tried so hard to avoid.”

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