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...10’s characteristics, the latter is the least likely to be altered. But TFs say that Mankiw appears very open to allowing students to drop the course, with credit, after the first semester. And to a lesser extent, TFs say, Mankiw has discussed with them the allegations of a conservative bias...
SZTYKIEL People perceive that as gas prices go up, then RV sales will drop off. But you don't buy one of these coaches [which cost $100,000 and up] if you're concerned about the price of the fuel. And because we're strictly focused on diesel, gas prices' going up forces people to look more at diesel because they know it has better fuel economy. Registrations for diesel motor homes are up 11% over last year, which was a 25-year high...
...there are troubling aspects to the real estate boom. At the stock market's peak, 1% of investors controlled about 33.5% of stock wealth; the top 1% of home-equity holders have only 13% of housing wealth. In other words, a broad drop in home values, should it happen, would affect a far larger cross section of Americans than did the NASDAQ bust...
...steadily rising payments. (Household monthly debt costs are already at an all-time high.) Even the bullish Lereah is concerned about the loose lending practices. Such trouble would have repercussions for the whole economy. If enough homeowners become swamped by their debts and have to sell, prices would drop, creating a reverse wealth effect and fueling a slowdown...
...measure of its success in discouraging unnecessary journeys. It has had a major impact on me - even though I work just outside the charging zone. The air outside my office is far cleaner than it was before the fees were introduced. A few businesses have suffered a drop in sales, but they were probably the ones that were dependent on people who parked their cars illegally. For most Londoners, it is a great help to be able to get their goods around the central area promptly. I would commend a congestion charge for all large cities whose residents would like...