online.wsj.com - 11/19/2008
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. consumer prices took the biggest plunge in 61 years during October, pulled down by a sinking economy that evidence suggests is sending inflation into retreat. Separately, home construction took its fourth tumble in a row during October, falling to a new record low. The ...
nytimes.com - 11/24/2008
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nytimes.com —
The median sales price plunged 11.3 percent from
a year ago to $183,000, and sales of existing...
homes fell more than expected, a real estate trade group said. >
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Home Prices Plunge in October
calculatedrisk.blogspot.com - 11/19/2008
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calculatedrisk.blogspot.com —
Total housing starts were at 791 thousand (SAAR)
in October, the lowest level since the Census Bureau...
began tracking housing starts in 1959. Single-family starts were at 531 thousand in October; the lowest level since October 1981. Single-family ...
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Housing Starts at Record Low
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Hugh Hewitt: President-elect Obama's Baseline and Silence
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
When Barack Obama was elected: The inflation rate was 3.7% Unemployment was 6.5% The prime was at 4% The Dow closed at 9,625 The NASDAQ closed at 1,780 The S&P closed at 1,005 Oil was $60 a barrel. These were the facts as polls closed on 11/4. His domestic success or failure should be measured against them. The two weeks since his election have featured exactly one Obama press conference even as the country's economic worries continue. His party's rush to craft a bail-out for ...
Hugh Hewitt: President-elect Obama's Baseline and Silence
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When Barack Obama was elected: The inflation rate was 3.7% Unemployment was 6.5% The prime was at 4% The Dow closed at 9,625 The NASDAQ closed at 1,780 The S&P closed at 1,005 Oil was $60 a barrel. These were the facts as polls closed on 11/4. His domestic success or failure should be measured against them. The two weeks since his election have featured exactly one Obama press conference even as the country's economic worries continue. His party's rush to craft a bail-out for ...
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