A cycle timeout
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Housing looks bulletproof unless…
No wonder builder confidence just hit an all-time high—builders are so busy there’s no time to be depressed. U.S. housing
Eschew your dampeners
July jobs reports for both the U.S. and Canada are out. In the U.S. last month, we added—or more accurately,
Cliff notes
“They all had jobs and they had economically viable jobs, but we told them they couldn’t work—to protect us. Now
Coronavirus nibbles back
COVID-19 sprang a surprise on everyone last week. But not the surprise you’ve been seeing in the headlines. Two weeks
A flashmob recession
A week ago Monday, the umpire finally called the pitch. The National Bureau of Economic Research declared that “the U.S.
Housing bounces back
Technically speaking, that’s exactly what happened. The housing market really did bounce back in April. To 2012. Two weeks ago,