The IMF Launches “Global Housing Watch”
Housing prices are on the march again across the globe, and the International Monetary Fund…
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Dr. Duru The Rice Panic of 2007
On November 4, 2011, NPR’s Planet Money did a “blast from the past” podcast reviewing…
Land prices have doubled in Iowa over the past few years
Land prices have doubled in Iowa over the past few years. The team at Planet…
A housing bubble in Switzerland?
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has been extremely reluctant to increase interest rates, presumably because…
China Gets Even Tougher on Real Estate Inflation
Reuters reports that “China Steps up Fight Against Property Speculation“: “Provincial and municipal governments in…
Canadian Average Housing Price Sets New Record
In “Housing Rebound in Canada Spurs Talk of a New Bubble” the WSJ paints a…
Chinese property prices increased 7.8% in December
Times Online is reporting that property prices in China rose 7.8% year-over-year in December –…
BofA Analyst Expects Negative Real Rates to Drive Bubble In China In 2010
Bloomberg provides snippets of an interview with BofA Merrill Lynch analyst David Cui in which…
Hong Kong officials continue to worry about asset bubbles
Add Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tsang to the growing list of government officials worrying…