{"id":658562,"date":"2026-10-18T16:52:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T16:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/658562\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T16:52:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T16:52:55","slug":"what-to-expect-for-inflation-jobs-stocks-and-housing-in-the-year-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/658562\/","title":{"rendered":"What to expect for inflation, jobs, stocks, and housing in the year ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"8768\">economy<\/a> has been the No. 1 concern for voters heading into the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/midterm-elections\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"308\">midterm elections<\/a>. After November, economists expect inflation to remain high in the medium term, the jobs market to remain resilient, stocks to rise, and homebuying to remain expensive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inflation, the labor market, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wall-street\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1521\">Wall Street<\/a>, and the housing market have all been under a microscope \u2014 here is what some forecasts and experts predict the state of the economy will be like over the next year and into the next Congress.<\/p>\n<p>      Real journalism.Trusted by millions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"we-copy\">\n        Unlimited access to in-depth reporting, expert analysis, and the stories that shape our country.\n      <\/p>\n<p>    Trusted reporting.Unlimited access.<\/p>\n<p class=\"we-deck\">\n     Subscribe for full access to Washington Examiner coverage, expert political analysis, and subscriber-only journalism.\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"we-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/subscribe\/digital\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n      Get Unlimited Access<br \/>\n      \u203a<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"we-member\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sign-in\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"we-cancel\">Cancel anytime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The economy has been the No. 1 concern for voters heading into the midterm elections. After November, economists&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[143391,72,113,5468,807,61,1095,60,150,13153,2237,3056,41945],"class_list":["post-658562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-2026-elections","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-financial-markets","tag-housing","tag-ie","tag-inflation","tag-ireland","tag-jobs","tag-stocks-and-bonds","tag-unemployment","tag-wall-street","tag-washington-d-c"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}