Will slowing homes sales cause less activity in economy as a whole?
I heard on CNBC just now that the drop in home sales is the largest in 16 years.
Will this cause a slow in consumer demand by causing less profits all around due to most economic activity being centered around housing?
Is this true or not? why?
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March 4th, 2010 at 11:11 am
I think associated business like carpets, furniture, electrical appliances, removals, gardening, finance suffered the last time this happened a few years back. People try and make do with the property they have, i’m sure it will pick up again soon.
March 6th, 2010 at 3:53 am
Yes, it will slow down the entire economy to some extent. Why? Because we are all inter-connected. If a construction worker loses his job, he will not buy a car that year, or he will postpone buying a new cell phone. That means that other businesses will lose potential sales, leading to other layoffs and losses in income.
How much will this affect the economy? Lastest estimates suggest that the slowdown in housing is about over, and the overall economic slowdown will be a “soft landing” rather than a crash.
March 9th, 2010 at 12:29 am
Yeah there will be a slowdown, but I believe people have forgotten the biggest reason as to why it slows down the economy. The reason is this: with demand for housing slowing, the prices of houses fall, which in turn decrease average household wealth. The housing bubble that was created in the last couple of years led to huge increases in family wealth as household values skyrocketed. The drop in household prices will have an equal drop in family wealth. This will lower consumption as there is now less disposable income for each family.
March 11th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
false; in theory, it depends whether a country really relies heavily on specific sector; according to ur question, the answer is that u should categories housing to its sector first before thinking that housing relies on the economy as a whole; there are other sectors that could offset the weak in housing such as the service sector; i hope this will help