Sentences with phrase «dangerous asset bubble»

David Jones, an author of several books on the Fed, is among analysts who say the Fed may actually be pleased that the stock market has retreated after a prolonged period of record highs that had raised fears of a dangerous asset bubble that could burst and derail the economy.

One person who pointed out the dangerous asset bubble developing in 2005 was economist Robert Shiller, whose composite Case - Shiller index, created in the 1990s, studies real estate prices nationally and in key urban areas.

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Economists like Christopher Thornberg of Beacon Economics say asset bubbles become dangerous when they lead to other imbalances in the economy.

Republican critics say they fear that by flooding the financial system with money, the Fed has inflated stock and real estate prices and could create asset bubbles that could pop with dangerous consequences for the economy.

Others wonder why economists and policymakers can not prevent, or even spot, most asset bubbles before they become dangerous.

It would do this without making housing even more unaffordable or blowing up dangerous and unsustainable asset bubbles.