Segments From This Episode

• Are builders getting more bullish?

  by David Brancaccio

  The main way to ease the affordable housing crisis in America is to build more places to live. The Commerce Department’s count of new home construction projects for November shows a nearly 15% increase. What will the broader impact be? We discuss with Lindsey Piegza, chief economist and managing director at the investment firm Stifel.

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• Disruptions to ships and ports in the Red Sea

  At least nine countries will contribute ships and other resources to keeping commercial shipping going through the Red Sea after missile attacks by Houthi rebels based in Yemen. The BBC’s Shingai Nyoka reports the latest.

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• Why Germany’s economic backbone is saying “auf wiedersehen”

  by David Brancaccio, Erika Soderstrom and Meredith Garretson Morbey

  

  Germany is facing a budget crisis amid rising energy costs, urgent calls for immigration reform and more pressing issues.

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