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• Housing inspection 

  This quarter, as we assess the slow progress the economy is making to rebuild itself, we wanted to look at what's happened to a couple of specific...

  09/22/09 by Lynne Anservitz · More from publication

• The exercise of economic forecasting 

  Whenever I give an economic outlook speech, I like to begin by pointing out how notoriously inaccurate economic forecasts are. I usually show the...

  09/22/09 by Mike Bryan · More from publication

• Daytona area engines sputtering 

  Cassandra Reynolds saw more than flying steel as 57 cars roared at 180 mph around an asphalt oval in Daytona, Fla., in February. She saw the future...

  09/22/09 by Charles Davidson · More from publication

• On the bubble: when real estate's long haul took a shortcut: a home is often a person's biggest investment. But as home prices began their dramatic appreciation, the stage was set for the once-solid investment strategy to show cracks in the foundation 

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When housing prices began to fall after the housing bubble burst in 2006, the drop represented more than a loss of wealth...

  09/22/09 by Ed English · More from publication

• "The average is almost meaningless": an interview with John Adams, housing policy expert 

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Behind the headlines about falling house prices and homeownership rates are stories that are more challenging to summarize...

  09/22/09 by Ed English · More from publication

• Regional economy stabilizes 

  The first half of the summer has witnessed further signs of economic stabilization in the Southeast. Data reports and information the Atlanta Fed...

  09/22/09 · More from publication

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