Obamacare has enrolled more than 8.2 million people on healthcare.gov, well on its way to meeting the administration’s goal for 2016 open enrollment. For the first time since open enrollment began last month, the figures the Obama administration released include those who automatically re-enrolled in their Obamacare coverage.

As the U.S. economy wraps up another year of modest, if unspectacular growth, American consumers and businesses are playing a game of chicken with each waiting for the other to spend first.

Sales of previously owned homes plummeted in November as delays caused by new mortgage red-tape and a dwindling supply of residences on the market pushed down sales to a level not seen since April 2014.

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