... the recession began, we have lost over 1.6 million direct construction jobs. The financial savings to the homeowner is so ... , glass, wiring, lighting, paint, fabrics, retail, wholesale, shipping, and warehousing. Of the 1.6 million construction jobs ... is demand.  The most effective way to create the demand is to lower mortgage interest rates for homeowners who renovate their homes or buy new ...

... , Barack Obama could embark on more quantitative easing and should nationalise the banks wholesale, at least temporarily, so that they can be compelled to get credit flowing back through the economy, ... to tackle the foreclosure crisis. By the end of September, one in seven with a mortgage was either in arrears or in the process of being repossessed.   Early indications from Freddie ...

... a rare diversification opportunity. But it’s not a reflection of wholesale abandonment of the dollar no matter how badly the gold fanatics ... president James Bullard said that he would like to keep the Fed’s direct purchase authorization for mortgage-backed securities alive ... U.S stocks are continuing to rise. According to Bloomberg News, this last happened in 1938, when T-bill yields fell ...