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BusinessWeek
January 13, 2011
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A Housing Rebound Won't Lift the Economy With the foreclosure mess still to be played out, any recovery in housing sales is unlikely to boost growth much.   |
BusinessWeek
July 30, 2009
James C. Cooper |
A Housing Upturn Suggests Recovery Is Near Price declines, low mortgage rates, and first-time buyer perks are sparking real estate gains -- and the beginning of the end of the recession |
BusinessWeek
November 3, 2003
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Virtuous Cycle Is Finally Kicking In As the recovery takes hold, GDP growth may hit levels not seen since 2000. |
BusinessWeek
June 11, 2007
James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Is The Housing Recession Starting To Recede? The drag on economic growth is easing, and home demand is firming up. |
BusinessWeek
May 14, 2007
James C. Cooper |
Business Slowdown? Don't Count On It With profits strong and inventories down, capital spending should rally. |
BusinessWeek
March 12, 2007
James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Inventory Swings Are Whipsawing The Economy The ebb and flow of business inventories has the potential to generate some ups and downs this year that could greatly affect perceptions of the economy's strength. |
The Motley Fool
October 4, 2010
Selena Maranjian s |
Hold Your Horses on Housing A recovery probably isn't around the corner. |
U.S. Banker
March 2010
Michael Widner |
A Long, Slow Slog For the first time in 50 years, consumers and businesses are shrinking their debt. Unemployment is higher than ever, and the jobs recovery will take years. So is the economic rebound sustainable? |
BusinessWeek
July 23, 2009
James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: A Second-Half Recovery Could Be Fleeting Output may rise to slow inventory depletion, but gains won't be sustainable without stronger consumer spending. Trouble is, job markets remain weak. |
BusinessWeek
August 6, 2009
James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: Greater Expectations for Second-Half GDP Growth Economists are raising their second-half forecasts to 2% to 3%, a pace that would increase the chances for a sustainable economic recovery. |
BusinessWeek
May 28, 2007
James Mehring |
Inventories: Time To Restock The Warehouses If demand holds up, the economy should get a boost as companies allow inventory growth to keep pace with demand. |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Foolish Forecast: Lennar's Wobbly Foundation With a cyclical industry like homebuilding, you want to buy in before it's obvious to everyone that earnings will turn up again, but that does not seem to be what's happening now. |
BusinessWeek
July 9, 2007
James C. Cooper |
Housing's New Risks For The Economy Mortgage rates are up, credit is tighter, and home prices are falling faster. |
BusinessWeek
May 28, 2009
James Cooper |
Business Outlook: Housing Demand Stabilizes A housing turnaround will be crucial to economic recovery. Recent signs that housing activity is at least stabilizing are a key milestone. |
BusinessWeek
January 15, 2007
James Mehring |
Housing: The Best Indicators Of A Rebound According to some housing indicators, there is some light at the end of the tunnel for homebuilders, but that cautious optimism comes with caveats. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2010
Donald Jay Korn |
Real Estate Revisited Have real estate prices finally hit bottom? As far as home prices go, the data says they have. |
BusinessWeek
October 1, 2009
James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: The Recovery: It's the Herd vs. History A growing consensus predicts a weak rebound from the recession, but that would go against both the latest data and a trend dating back nine business cycles. |
BusinessWeek
December 25, 2006
James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Count On Consumers To Keep Spending Expect a more moderate pace as job growth and wealth gains slow. |
BusinessWeek
October 22, 2009
James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: A Surprising Third-Quarter Pickup GDP is expected to show healthy growth -- and a broad rebound in demand is a key reason. That, plus exceptionally lean inventories, points to a continued upturn well into 2010. |
The Motley Fool
January 29, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Another Dose of Bad Builder News The latest negative housing numbers, released by the Commerce Department early this week, showed that the sales rate of new houses was lower last year than any time since we started keeping track of housing figures. |
FDIC FYI
March 23, 2006 |
Scenarios for the Next U.S. Recession. A string of positive reports on the U.S. economy and banking industry has led some analysts to ask -- How long can these good times last? |
BusinessWeek
June 4, 2007
James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Get Ready To Exhale: The Slowdown May Be Ending A pickup in manufacturing signals stronger growth is on the way for the economy. |
BusinessWeek
October 13, 2003
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S. Housing: Still Solid, but Creaking a Little Key first-time homebuyers look at steeper prices and mortgage rates. |
BusinessWeek
September 3, 2009
James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: The Budding Recovery Has Staying Power Recent business austerity is boosting profits and the need to expand, and rising global growth is lifting exports, all while massive policy efforts continue to support demand. |
BusinessWeek
October 9, 2006
James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Consumers Aren't Sweating The Housing Slump Yet The debate over the direction of the economy and Federal Reserve policy in the coming year boils down to one basic question: Will the housing slump drag down consumer spending and the economy? |
BusinessWeek
August 26, 2010
Gittelsohn & Willis |
How Housing Could Derail the U.S. Economy The housing market usually leads the U.S. out of recession. Now housing's woes may force the economy back into a downturn. |
BusinessWeek
December 12, 2005
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Why Economic Growth Is Galloping Consumers and businesses have lots to spend as they get financially stronger. |
BusinessWeek
July 14, 2003
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Skittish Bond Market Won't Shake Housing -- for Now Rates must rise more than a point to hurt. But it's another story for refis. |
BusinessWeek
September 10, 2007
James C. Cooper |
If Credit Markets Thaw, Recession Is Unlikely Growth will get squeezed, but housing will take the brunt. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Why Housing is Guaranteed to Recover All markets are cyclical, and when you look at the numbers it's hard not to think we're near the bottom of this cycle. |
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2010
Morgan Housel |
How Is This Economy Going to Keep Growing? What the GDP numbers will tell us on Thursday. |
BusinessWeek
September 4, 2006
James C. Cooper |
Housing: The Roof Won't Collapse On The U.S. Economy As builders adjust their inventories, other sectors will offer plenty of support. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2008
David Lee Smith |
4 Reasons Housing Can't Recover Quickly This housing mess will take longer to right itself than its predecessors. |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Look How the Economy's Growing Fourth-quarter GDP growth was revised down Friday, to 2.8% from an original 3.2%. What do the new numbers tell us about the economy? |
BusinessWeek
February 6, 2006
James Mehring |
Housing: Will Surging Supply Pop The Bubble? As the housing market plateaus, speculative activity will evaporate. That's when housing should slow noticeably. |
The Motley Fool
April 25, 2008
David Lee Smith |
The Housing Roundup The housing news is still bleak, but the builders are edging slowly upward. |
CFO
March 1, 2010
Russ Banham |
The Shape of Things to Come L, V, or W? Perhaps a check mark, or something with a wiggly tail? Top economists debate what the recovery will look like. |
BusinessWeek
October 22, 2007
James C. Cooper |
The Storms of August Continue Progress has been made, but the markets are still vulnerable to the housing spiral, the pace of hiring has slowed, and growth remains a big question mark. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2010
Morgan Housel |
GDP Growth Revised Way Down: What Should You Make of It? Second-quarter GDP growth was revised down to 1.6%, from the initially reported 2.4%. This sounds god-awful, like we're on the brink of a double-dip recession. And maybe we are. But this revision isn't as bad as it might seem. |
BusinessWeek
October 15, 2007
James C. Cooper |
Don't Count Out The Consumer Just Yet If the job markets don't falter, households may keep up their spending. |
The Motley Fool
December 27, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Beware of Housing "Experts" Investors, be wary of "experts" who are touting homebuilding as an attractive sector for 2008. |
BusinessWeek
April 29, 2010
Kathleen M. Howley |
Home Sales Pick Up at a Halting Pace The housing market is finally showing signs of life, but the market is so fragile that no one's proclaiming the return of a powerhouse property sector. |
CFO
December 1, 2011
Kate O'Sullivan |
Rebuilding, Slowly Four years after the housing-market collapse, the sector's troubles still weigh on the broader economy. But housing CFOs are searching for a path to growth. |
BusinessWeek
April 9, 2007
James C. Cooper |
The Real Economic Threat: Weak Capital Spending Corporate caution could jeopardize job growth and consumer outlays. |
BusinessWeek
April 15, 2010
Miller & Feld |
Key to Recovery: Restocking All Those Shelves With employment weak and credit tight, worries persist about the possibility of a double-dip recession. But inventory rebuilding should help keep the economy strengthening. |
BusinessWeek
January 17, 2005
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Walls Won't Come Tumbling Down Mortgage rates in 2005 will remain low enough to keep housing affordable. |
BusinessWeek
June 18, 2007
James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Stop Thinking Rate Cut, Start Thinking Rate Hike With economic growth rebounding, it's time to revise expectations. |
The Motley Fool
August 23, 2006
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Toll No Longer on a Roll Toll Brothers released third-quarter earnings today, giving investors its current take on where the homebuilding cycle may be heading. Investors breathed a sigh of relief, bidding the shares up a couple of percentage points. |
The Motley Fool
February 25, 2008
Marko Djuranovic |
Why Housing Prices Are Nearing Bottom It seems that, for the most part, current housing prices are nearing bottom, thanks to forces other than loose lending standards and a corresponding spike in demand. |
BusinessWeek
July 2, 2009
James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: Getting Financially Fit in a Recession Companies that are cutting costs and paying down debt will be in fine form when recovery comes. Now their caution is hindering the economy |
