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...current stress tests suggest since macroeconomic conditions are bound to be worse than the consensus anticipates, making the adverse scenario of the stress tests look mild. At this point in time, banks are still facing well over $1 trillion in losses over the next couple of years, even if low short-term interest rates make new loans very profitable. Moreover, according to RGE Monitor, real U.S. GDP growth will inch back into positive rates only toward the end of 2009 rather than at the beginning of the second half the year. That spells ongoing problems among borrowers...
...working on forecasts about the activity of home sales and home prices has any illusions about the severe problems at the low and middle segments of the market. Real wages are not rising and unemployment may reach 10% this year. Most of the people out of work will be those who earned between $25,000 and $75,000 a year, not the rich. Most homeowners are just that - regular middle class workers. People living on relatively fixed incomes usually do not have the resources to cover their daily expenses for a long time if they lose their jobs or suffer...
...cramped by Western standards: 283 sq. ft. (one room, including kitchen plus a bathroom), 360 sq. ft. (ditto), and a 465-sq.-ft. model with a tiny bedroom. In addition to the modest proportions, Tata is relying on economies of scale and careful sourcing of materials to keep costs low. The Mumbai project, for instance, will get its steel from group company Tata Steel, which has plant at nearby Tarapore. Land-acquisition costs will be minimized by giving the original landowner a percentage of each project's returns. The homes will occupy cement buildings no more than two stories high...
...Bargain-basement housing is a departure for Tata, which previously has developed luxury apartments costing upwards of $220,000, along with office complexes and shopping malls. The property company is planning to build 4,000 of the low-cost homes across India over the next four years. Projects near Bangalore in the south and Gurgaon in the north are the next destinations...
...those on whose behalf he negotiates - and that means he has precious little ability to deliver on any promises he makes to the Israelis or Americans. His term of office formally expired in January, and that month's Israeli offensive in Gaza reduced his popularity to an all-time low. Were a new Palestinian election to be held today, it's doubtful that Abbas would even win the nomination of his own Fatah party, much less be able to beat a Hamas candidate at the polls. Hamas remains the majority party in the Palestinian legislature; it controls all of Gaza...