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Single-family home construction spending is down 4% from last May, according to new Census Bureau data, as elevated mortgage rates and affordability pressures drag down demand.

Kansas City homeowners hoped for a windfall by renting out their places to tourists during the World Cup. But despite an overall increase in bookings, many hosts haven’t seen an influx of guests.

Eighty percent of respondents told the American Hotel & Lodging Association that bookings are "tracking below initial forecasts."

As the World Cup gets closer, transit agencies in cities including Seattle, Boston, and Kansas City are pushing to complete some long-awaited projects and planning to temporarily expand service on their systems.

“After having my urban hikes for about a year, I realized that if I wanted my business to grow, that I would need to focus full time on it, and that was a scary leap,” said Lisa Peña, owner of Urban Hikes Kansas City.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics would categorize Steve’s job as “production, transportation, and material moving” along with butchers, sewing machine operators and furniture makers, to name a few. One in 10 workers in the U.S. labor force are in this category.

While layoffs in the auto industry have dominated headlines, there are places where the U.S. automotive industry is doing pretty well.