Autor: Paciente
Data: 27-05-2004 07:06
... ao contrário dos norte-americanos.
É que se em Inglaterra os preços do mercado de habitação cresceram a uma taxa anualizada de 19,5%, em algumas zonas dos EUA a taxa de crescimento ronda os 30% anuais!!
Mas por terras do tio Sam, todos parecem achar este fenómeno normal. Aliás convém até enaltecer esta pujança do mercado imobiliário, uma vez que tem este tem sido a verdadeira galinha dos ovos de ouro, permitindo aos cidadãos norte-americanos continuar com a sua fobia consumista - se bem que à custa de crédito hipotecário:
"In some areas of the US, housing prices have been rising at almost 30% per annum in recent years and overall prices have doubled since 1997. The question, therefore, arises when this housing boom, which was fueled by ultra low interest rates and allowed people to refinance their homes, will come to an end. This is an important question because US consumption since year 2000 was not driven by capital spending and employment gains, but purely by asset inflation in the housing market, which allowed people to take out larger and larger mortgages and spend the additional funds (well understood, "borrowed funds") on consumer durables such as cars and consumer non-durables."
Paciente
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