tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post6117494825951491069..comments2023-11-05T04:36:14.223-08:00Comments on The Mess That Greenspan Made: The week's economic reportsTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-49828135053745336912008-07-28T12:38:00.000-07:002008-07-28T12:38:00.000-07:00I'm not sure why some of those government reports ...I'm not sure why some of those government reports have sounded so optimistic. I'm not a big fan of lowering standards just to make one feel better. That's not an achievement. Just tell it like it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-19833459349570097552008-07-28T04:49:00.000-07:002008-07-28T04:49:00.000-07:00Any views on this comment in the London Times:"The...Any views on this comment in the London Times:<BR/><BR/>"The median existing-home sale price surveyed by the National Association of Realtors in June was $215,100. Bloomberg and Reuters reported this as 6.1 per cent lower than a year earlier. But it was 3.5 per cent higher than the median price in May - and that price, in turn, was 3.3 per cent above the price in April. In fact, US house prices, which almost everyone believes to be in freefall, have actually been going up for the past four months, after reaching a trough of $195,600 in February."<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/5vd8d4shtovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16109559722715781557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-46871170331009884492008-07-26T21:44:00.000-07:002008-07-26T21:44:00.000-07:00Those ordering durable goods to resell could be wr...Those ordering durable goods to resell could be wrong. Consumer sentiment is often wrong. <BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, unemployment rising is always a bad thing, as is a worsening picture on home resales.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com