Frankel: You've got a number of factors:
the overall slowdown in the economy exacerbated by the subprime crisis, which put a crimp in consumer spending.
Not exact matches
Their drop
in residential construction,
in particular, hurts wood product sales from our forestry sector, and their
overall slowdown undercuts our exports across the
economy.
In spite of a slowdown in real estate as well as the overall U.S. economy, the U.S. Fed has no intentions of lowering interest rates in 200
In spite of a
slowdown in real estate as well as the overall U.S. economy, the U.S. Fed has no intentions of lowering interest rates in 200
in real estate as well as the
overall U.S.
economy, the U.S. Fed has no intentions of lowering interest rates
in 200
in 2007.
The report's release coincides with mounting concern about the sharp
slowdown in the U.S. housing market and its potent adverse impact on the
overall economy.