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World Service,25 Jan 2024,26 mins

'US housing becoming unaffordable'

World Business Report

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Ed Butler takes a look at the economic mood of the US as it announces encouraging growth figure. Meanwhile Harvard University releases a report suggesting that millions of US renters find their housing costs unaffordable. He hears about the inquiry launched into tech giants Microsoft, Google and Amazon, over their investments in AI. And how Scots capitalise Robert Burns their national poet to spread their brand across the world. (Picture: A picture taken with a drone shows single-family homes in Woodbridge, Virginia, USA. Picture Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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