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To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (56841)	3/25/2006 4:49:23 PM
From: Mike Johnston	Respond to of 110194

Several of the FED members have expressed concern about housing's impact on the economy Housing IS the economy.

To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (56841)	3/25/2006 9:07:16 PM
From: ild	Respond to of 110194

<<<they are concerned about the impact of a slowing housing market>>> Housing is still doing very well. What we're having is a little slowdown in new home sales. We had record housing appreciation last year - over 12%. Most economists predict a "slowdown" to 4-6% appreciation in 2006. I'd think that the Fed members are fine with 4-6% appreciation and they actually do not want another 12%. They know that there are some local RE bubbles. I don't think they care about them.