Pandemic productivity boom, red hot housing and slash, substitute, swipe

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Pandemic productivity boom, red hot housing and slash, substitute, swipe

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There’s a pandemic productivity boom underway, with the U.S. doing more with fewer workers than ever before.
We’ll look at what that could mean for markets, jobs, inflation – and the Federal Reserve, too.
Plus, the housing market continues to be red hot. We’ll speak with the CEO of Realogy about trends they’re seeing, and its surging stock price.
And, in today’s Rapid Fire: a 20% price cut for Tesla; another change for the Dow?; and the White House ‘swipes right’ to get people vaccinated.

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