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Housing Bubbles, Global Household Leverage, Why Fed's Reflation Efforts Will Fail

By Implode-Explode Heavy Industries

"Countries with the largest increases in household leverage tended to experience the fastest rise in house prices over the same period. Moreover, these same countries tended to experience the most severe declines in consumption once house prices started falling. The common patterns observed across countries suggest that, as in the United States, the unwinding of excess household leverage via increased saving or increased default rates could be a significant drag on consumption and bank lending going forward, possibly muting the vigor of the economic recovery."

Full post as published by Mortgage Lender Implode-o-Meter on January 12, 2010 (boomark / email).