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Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Greg Hannsgen and Gennaro Zezza, ” Cracks in the Foundations of Growth. What Will the Housing Debacle Mean for the U.S. Economy?”, Levy Institute of Economics, Public Policy Briefs, n.90, August, 2007.
With economic growth having cooled to 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2007, the economy can ill afford a slump in consumption by the American household. But it now appears that the household sector could finally give in to the pressures of rising gasoline prices, a weakening home market, and a large debt burden. The signals are still mixed; for example, while April’s retail sales numbers caused concern, May’s were much improved, and so was the ISM manufacturing index for June. Consumption growth indicates a slowdown. This Public Policy Brief examines the American household and its economic fortunes, concentrating on how falling home prices might hamper economic growth, generate social dislocations, and possibly lead to a full-blown financial crisis.
