High interest rates ignite "red warning flag"! Moody's warns of US economy slamming on the brakes under the impact of real estate.

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15/07/2025
According to the Wisdom Finance APP, Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's, one of the world's three major credit rating agencies, issued a warning on Monday that a "red flare" is now more applicable to the U.S. real estate market. In the U.S. economy, housing is both a "consumer good" and an "investment good," and through the "wealth effect" influences household spending. Moody's warned that a significant slowdown in the real estate market often weakens consumption, constrains construction activity, worsens bank balance sheets, triggers credit tightening, and may ultimately lead to a significant slowdown in U.S. economic growth or even enter a recession.