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Jasmine Cui

Data Journalist

I use numbers to engage our wide, wonderful world and make it easier to understand. Topics of interest include: housing, artificial intelligence and climate. I developed the NBC News Home Buyer Index, which measures housing market headwinds. I've written about why AI-generated audio is hard to detect. And I once uncovered the statistics on America's ghost-kitchen hot spots.

Do you have a news tip you want to share with our journalists? Visit NBC News Tips to learn more.

I use numbers to engage our wide, wonderful world and make it easier to understand. Topics of interest include: housing, artificial intelligence and climate. I developed the NBC News Home Buyer Index, which measures housing market headwinds. I've written about why AI-generated audio is hard to detect. And I once uncovered the statistics on America's ghost-kitchen hot spots.

Do you have a news tip you want to share with our journalists? Visit NBC News Tips to learn more.


Latest from Jasmine Cui

Homebuilders plan for a slower and pricier year ahead

New home sales are rising, but builders are tapping the brakes as the trade war and broader economic uncertainty grip the industry.

How hard is it to buy a home right now? The NBC News Home Buyer Index measures the market

Last updated March 27. Learn more about homebuying difficulty in most U.S. counties based on factors such as affordability, available homes, homebuying competition and economic stability.

Many first-time homebuyers are pushing 40 as millennials wait in vain for a better market

The youngest U.S. homebuyers aren’t so young anymore, as a forbidding real estate market turns first-time house hunting into an activity for people nearing 40.

What soaring uncertainty means for the U.S. economy

As experts and business leaders say the lack of clarity around the tariffs is every bit as challenging as the levies themselves, data shows economic uncertainty is the highest it has been in years.

The White House is using tariffs to restore manufacturing. Data suggests it will take time.

Data about Trump's tariffs suggests the U.S. economy is not ready for a wholesale shift to manufacturing, and that it would take years to ramp up production capabilities.

The housing search is easing, but a prolonged trade war could derail progress

Buyer difficulty is easing. However, prices remain high, and experts say progress could ride on policy decisions — tariffs and trade wars chief among them.

Job applications surging among DOGE's targets

As the Department of Government Efficiency upends federal agencies, a new report released Tuesday by the job listing website Indeed shows the number of workers looking for new jobs has spiked.

Are we heading into a recession? Here's what the data shows

With stocks sliding into correction territory in the last week, a question emerges: Is a recession next? Here's what the data and expert economists say.

The White House is using tariffs to restore manufacturing. Data suggests it will take time.

What the White House wants and what the economic realities of manufacturing and trade are don’t line up, experts say.

Understanding Trump's tariffs, in five charts

Learn more about how Trump's proposed tariffs against Mexico, China and Canada could impact trade, shipping, imports, prices and more.

Do you need to make $100,000 to buy a home? Census data says yes

The median income for new homebuyers has increased sharply since the Covid pandemic and surpassed six figures, according to an NBC News analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
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