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NEW YORK, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Latin America and the Caribbean could lift their per-capita output by 11% and cut inequality by 6% by making markets more competitive, according to a new Inter-American ...

Mortgage rates are down slightly since the start of the year, Freddie Mac data show — and since January, the median sales price for homes sold in the U.S. has dropped more than $30,000 to $403,600, ...

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