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Industry disrupters 2024: Internal factors, external forces upend status quo

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Israeli/Hamas war In much the same way that the Ukraine-Russia conflict has resulted in the loss of life and caused uncertainty on the global stage, Hamas’ invasion of Israel on Oct. Corporate investment tends to stagnate as companies adopt a wait-and-see approach to assess the impact of potential policy changes on their bottom line.

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Economics: Headwinds will moderate growth in 2024 

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As of the third quarter 2023, we started to see single-family housing starts beginning to turn the corner.” However, the term “recovery,” by ITR Economics’ standards, means conditions are becoming worse less quickly. “When I spoke at this conference [in 2022], the market was in freefall, trending negative and getting worse by the week.

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