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Housing Starts Still Weak, Despite the Headlines

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[5]By Bill Conerly, Businomics [6], Conerly Consulting LLC [7]

These guys who write newspaper headlines are getting me down.  Here’s the Wall Street Journal’s online head:  “Housing Starts Jumped in June [8].”   Bloomberg proclaims: “Housing Starts in U.S. Unexpectedly Climb to Highest Level in Seven Months [9]”  The Christian Science Monitor says:”US home construction recovering.  With that preparation, take a look at the latest data:
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Wow!  Isn’t that a real jump, a real recovery.  Ho hum.