Even with tax hikes and spending cuts creating a significant headwind to the economy, Fannie Mae’s Economic & Strategic Research Group is maintaining its outlook for slow and steady growth in 2013. On the housing front, continued lean inventory and the increase in rate of household formation bode well for homebuilding activity and residential construction employment, the outlook says, giving housing an opportunity to contribute even further to economic growth.
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