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- From: jstewart@alfred.carleton.ca (John Stewart)
- Subject: Re: Deficit, Deficit, who's got the Deficit? was: NDP "communism?"
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- Organization: Carleton University
- References: <jstewart.727977919@cunews> <1993Jan25.163624.18867@Princeton.EDU> <jstewart.727989524@cunews> <1993Jan25.201121.16901@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 03:35:46 GMT
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- In <1993Jan25.201121.16901@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> golchowy@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Gerald Olchowy) writes:
- >Housing supply caught up with housing demand...the speculative and
- >inflationary real estate boom was not healthy for our economy and
- >it is one of the reasons why the recession was so painful and the
- >recovery is so slow. Bubble economies aren't sustainable...they
- >eventually come to a deflationary crash.
-
- Quite true, the real estate boom had to end at some point. One problem
- with real estate booms is that almost everyone knows they have to end but
- very few people accurately predict when that will actually happen.
-
- >Stable real estate prices, and stable prices in general are good
- >for economic growth...wealth then is mostly earned, and shelter
- >is plentiful and affordable.
-
- I don't think we have a stable real estate market yet. Lower interest
- rates have increased sales of starter homes but the market for more
- expensive houses is still pretty soft. If interest rates increase (a
- definite possibility) it could trigger further declines in the value of
- real estate.
- --
- John Stewart -- Computing and Communications Services, Carleton University
- Internet: jstewart@ccs.carleton.ca or Mr.Canoehead@algonquin.carleton.ca
- "The average middle income family with two parents and children pays $2,945
- more in Federal taxes than they would have under the tax policies in place
- before the Tories first came to power in 1984."
-