Mirrors with diameters bigger than the 200-inch (5-meter) at Palomar Observatory were presumed too costly and impossible to fabricate. They would also require enormous structures to house them.

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But in 2022, inflation surged to 6.6%, the highest since 1981. The Fed responded in kind over 2022-23 by raising the federal-funds rate by 5 percentage points, the largest rate hike since 1980.

The Mortgage Bankers Association now predicts that mortgage rates will only decline slightly to 6.7% by the end of the year. Any downward trend in home loan rates could bring more buyers off the ...