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Tag Archives: John Lounsbury
April 2013 New Home Sales Has a Good Month
Written by John Lounsbury and Steven Hansen New home sales data for April 2013 was better than last month’s data – but the data remains very noisy and needs to be averaged to make any sense of it. If one … Continue reading
March 2013 New Home Sales Growth Rebounds Partially From Last Month
Written by John Lounsbury and Steven Hansen New home sales data for March 2013 was better than last month’s data. We are continuing to see one terrible month, and one good month. If one uses a 3 month rolling average … Continue reading
February 2013 New Home Sales Growth Were At 14 Month Lows
Written by John Lounsbury and Steven Hansen New home sales data for February 2013 was definitely much worse than last month’s data. We are now seeing one terrible month, and one good month. If one uses a 3 month rolling … Continue reading
January 2013 New Home Sales Were Beautiful
Written by John Lounsbury and Steven Hansen New home sales data for January 2013 was definitely better than last month’s data. We are now seeing one terrible month, and one unbelievably good month. January 2013 was the best January since … Continue reading
Posted in Home Sales and Home Prices, aa syndication
Tagged home sales data, John Lounsbury, new home sales, Steven Hansen
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December 2012 New Home Sales Were Not Pretty
Written by John Lounsbury and Steven Hansen New home sales data for December 2012 was definitely worse than last month’s data. December 2012 was the worst year-over-year growth of 2012 – and the only month in 2012 with single digit … Continue reading
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Tagged home sales data, John Lounsbury, new home sales, Steven Hansen
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2013 Predictions: A Strengthening Economy
Written by John Lounsbury and Steven Hansen Economic predictions are not to be taken that seriously as they are an extrapolation of today’s knowledge – and introduce significant opinion to reach a particular conclusion. In our view, 2013 has less … Continue reading
November 2012 New Home Sales Improve
Written by John Lounsbury and Steven Hansen New home sales data for November 2012 was good, and better than last month’s data. New home sales are growing at double digits year-over-year; This sector is still clearly in recovery (it has … Continue reading
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Tagged home sales data, John Lounsbury, new home sales, Steven Hansen
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October 2012 New Home Sales Are Not As Good As Previous Months
Written by John Lounsbury and Steven Hansen New home sales data for October 2012 was just ok – not as good as last month, even with last month’s sales being revised down. New home sales are growing at double digits … Continue reading
China: Balancing Political Ideology and Economic Pragmatism
Written by Jillian Friesen, GEI Associate, and John Lounsbury Last week the new Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China was introduced to the world. All of those who were elected are new members to the committee, including … Continue reading
The Great Debate©: Did Fannie and Freddie Cause the Great Financial Crisis?
The Neville Awards Case Against Fannie and Freddie Written by John Lounsbury The Neville Awards is a website that has collected published media reports and opinion about the role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in creating the Great Financial … Continue reading
September 2012 New Home Sales Strong Gains Continue
Written by John Lounsbury and Steven Hansen New home sales data for September 2012 was strong after the soft month last month. New home sales are growing at double digits year-over-year; This sector is still clearly in recovery (it has … Continue reading
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Tagged home sales data, John Lounsbury, new home sales, Steven Hansen
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The Great Debate©: Deficits, Robert J. Samuelson vs. William K. Black
Introduction to the Debate by John Lounsbury Robert J. Samuelson, opinion writer at The Washington Post, believes that both presidential candidates are avoiding addressing the U.S. budget problems and are misleading the American public. Prof. William K. Black, University of … Continue reading
August 2012 New Home Sales A Little Soft
Written by John Lounsbury and Steven Hansen New home sales data for August 2012 is a little soft. New home sales are growing at double digits year-over-year; This sector is still clearly in recovery (it has a long way to … Continue reading
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Tagged home sales data, John Lounsbury, new home sales, Steven Hansen
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Great Debate©: Which Presidential Ticket Deserves to Lose?
Introduction Written by John Lounsbury The following two essays are written from the point of view of which presidential ticket is more deserving to win, based on the facts of what they have done, what they have failed to do … Continue reading
July 2012 New Home Sales Shows Improving Growth
Written by John Lounsbury and Steven Hansen New home sales data for July 2012 is good. New home sales are growing at double digits year-over-year; This sector is still clearly in recovery (it has a long way to go to … Continue reading
June 2012 New Home Sales Soften But Is It Just Noise?
Written by John Lounsbury and Steven Hansen The pundits are saying this data is bad. Well the data is not good but one can only guess if it really is bad in the big picture as: New home sales is … Continue reading
Joe Sixpack May Be Returning to Consumption Trough
Written by John Lounsbury and Steven Hansen The New York Times this week posted Consumers Unlikely to Rekindle the Recovery. To “prove” their point they presented three nasty but unfortunately correct graphics.
The Great Debate©: Who Saw it Coming?
by John Lounsbury This edition of The Great Debate© is prompted by an essay from Brad DeLong today (30 June 2012) and a rebuttal from Steve Keen. Before we present those two protagonists we will return to a paper published … Continue reading
May 2012 New Home Sales Come In Strong
Written by John Lounsbury and Steven Hansen New home sales is a noisy index making month-over-month comparisons problematic. Reviewing the data for May 2012: New home sales are growing – this was a very strong month (after two less good … Continue reading
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Tagged home sales data, John Lounsbury, new home sales, Steven Hansen
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The Great Debate©: Regulate or Restrict Banking Activities?
Written by John Lounsbury There are at least three schools of thought on what the correct policy direction for the banking industry should be. Two of them are in the title: (1) Tighten regulation of banking activities, or (2) restrict … Continue reading
Posted in Banking News, Great Debate©
Tagged Amar Bhide, bank regulation, banking, banks, Elliott Morss, John Lounsbury, restrict bank loan securitization
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