26 september 2007

AGORAVOX - The Citizen Media: ’Housing IS the Business Cycle’

AGORAVOX - The Citizen Media:
Ed Leamer says ’Housing IS the Business Cycle’ Leamer writes: Of the components of GDP, residential investment offers by far the best early warning sign of an oncoming recession. Since World War II we have had eight recessions preceded by substantial problems in housing and consumer durables.