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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Is the Great American Housing Party over? In 1981 U.S. mortgage rates began declining from a peak of 16% to less than 9% earlier this year. During that span the previously stagnant building industry boomed, and millions of U.S. consumers rushed to buy new homes or cash in their old...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Attack Of Sticker Shock | 4/27/1987 | See Source »

But he enjoys one element of the race. "The fun of the campaign," he insists, "is to actually say to someone, 'Look, I really believe we could restore a 5% prime rate.' " He gasps, as if to fill in the listener's incredulous response. "Now, someone is going to say...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Portrait, Jack Kemp:The Quarterback Of Supply Side | 4/13/1987 | See Source »

In a package that he said "errs on the side of prudence," Lawson announced a drop in the standard income tax rate, from 29% to 27%. By shrinking the government's borrowing plans from $11 billion to about $6.4 billion for the forthcoming fiscal year, Lawson predicted that mortgage and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain Sugar Bowls and Election Fever | 3/30/1987 | See Source »

The news is no less bleak 750 miles to the northeast in Deadhorse, a town of prefabricated modules that hunkers next to the oil fields at Prudhoe Bay, north of the Arctic Circle. The Prudhoe Bay Trading Post recently held a sale. DON'T SNOOZE, YOU'LL LOSE, the sign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Alaska: Boom Times Yield to a Bitter Bust | 3/30/1987 | See Source »

Of more immediate concern to most households is the level of consumer installment and mortgage debt, which has ballooned from $1.2 trillion in 1980 to $2.2 trillion now. In the past three years consumer debt grew some 40%, while personal disposable income climbed only 22%. About 15 million U.S. households...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Over The Ears in Debt | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

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