The Housing Market Boom and Bust In June of 2005‚ The Economist reported that residential property value had risen more than thirty trillion dollars over the past five years in developed economies (The Economist ). This increase in value pushed that number to over seventy trillion dollars and created what was one of the biggest housing bubbles in history. Housing prices had never risen so quickly before all over the world (The Economist ). The demand for housing suddenly outweighed the supply
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many articles on economic aspects going on in various markets. The Housing Market Paradox is an article on the US News website by Andrew Soergel (Economy Reporter) dated September 20‚ 2016. In the article‚ the economist explains how there were low mortgage rates in the past and also interest rates which were near-zero which on his opinion theoretically would have created a housing market characterized by a perfect storm. The housing market prices just like the price of good and the services of other
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How could the Chinese housing bubble affect the Australian economy negatively? The Chinese economy is one of the fastest growing economies in history and they have excelled by throwing tons of resources into modernizing their economy. Real estate is a foundation of China’s phenomenal growth record in the past two decades with property construction alone accounting for 13% of GDP in 2010. The health of the economy is crucial to China’s construction‚ steel and cement sectors. Chinese growth has
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Housing price is a sensitive issue for everyone. Generally‚ the more expensive houses are‚ the more difficult it is for people to live. In fact‚ Toronto is one of the cities which has the most expensive housing price in the world. According to Royal Lepage’s website‚ an average Toronto house price was 624‚923$ in 2015‚ the second highest price among all Canadian cities. Moreover‚ an article by Sherman (2016) states that Toronto’s house price was increased by 8 percent in 2015; this figure was ranked
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Housing Bubbles in Metropolises in China Introduction The boom of house market has emerged accompanying with the soaring development of Chinese economy over the last two decades. Although the prosperity of real estate sector makes contributions to the growth of national fiscal revenue and Gross Domestic Product‚ it also raises a serious problem --- housing bubbles‚ defined as the housing prices deviate too much from its fundamental value (Flood and Hodrick‚ 1900)‚ especially in metropolitan
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The purport of this work is to reveal the influence of eventual failure of the Chinese market on the world’s economy from a globalist’s point of view. China‚ as a growing world power‚ has a significant impact on the global economy. An eventual downturn of its market will lead to dramatic consequences for the economy on national and world-wide level. As the country with the highest IT goods export rate‚ its failure will lead the global community to a larger poverty gap‚ less investment‚ less technology:
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U.S. Housing Market Bubble During the early 2000s‚ the United States entered a period of economic madness including the economic housing bubble. At the same time‚ the Federal Reserve had executed expansionary monetary policy by lowering interest rates in response to the recessionary period. But‚ what role‚ if any‚ did the setting of monetary policy play in the ensuing housing market developments? This report will analyze Dokko et al.’s (2009) report “Monetary Policy and the Housing Bubble” and
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CANADIAN BUBBLE‚ EH? How real is Canada’s housing bubble anyway? More real than any other countries. That is due to the following facts that I will present below‚ but first it is better to start with a little history. In the year of 2008‚ as stated on Statistics Canada‚ the recovery of the recession was much quicker than in other recession period such as in 1981-1982 and 1990-1992. However‚ was it a real recovery or an illusion? In 2011‚ Globe and Mail published an article on why Canada’s recession
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Bursting of the housing bubble led to the financial crisis started in 2006. To change these negative occurrence governments needed to have a proven monetary solution to mitigate the negative consequences and finally overcome this crisis. To achieve it‚ this is essential that the central bank and other interaction groups control the monetary base. First of all it is important to make sure that increases or decrease in the money supply which includes checkable deposits‚ M2—M1 plus time deposits and
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In the article “Is the College Admissions Bubble About to Burst” written by Lindsey Cook (2014)‚ she mainly expresses three points—1) increasing stress and competition that students receive in U.S. colleges 2) increasing tuition and cost of attending colleges in the U.S. 3) the increasing number of more and more new international students. I agree to her opinions of the current situation. With the increasing number of international students‚ the competition between each applicant increases too.
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