I may get the chance in the near future to speak with a famous market economist.

I also did not listen to the entirety of the video.. on that note, I know that Fannie Mae's chief economist provides his forecast for free on their website, and has been relatively accurate (#4 according to WSJ) http://www.fanniemae.com/media/economics/index.jhtml?

No economist I've heard discuss the bank situation has ever even hinted that this is a risk, so if that's your concern, what is it based on?

Listen to this guy - NAR's Economist Lawrence Yun - http://www.realtor.org/research/economists_outlookAppreciation for REIs will never match 2001 - 2007.

I went to an economist's (Dr.

Here's another article that corroborates this info:http://www.housingwire.com/2010/03/23/home-prices-continue-decline-as-economist-sees-accelerated-double-dip/The article discusses how recent declines in existing home sales and increases in the excess housing supply portend further price decreases.

But I believe in the resilience of Americans to get their house in order.........they have the best economists and brain power.

Economists say this will help Mexico reduce its $17.8 billion defecit and may bolster the peso. $10 billion dollars are sent back to Mexico annually, according to the Pew Hispanic Center, reported in an Associated Press article, up $800 million from the previous year. ($9 billion dollars were previously sent back annually, according to a September 25, 2002 NPR report).

If you want a news source that is mostly unbiased and almost always of very high quality, there's nothing like "The Economist."

A lot of people are pushing this change, including a lot of leading economists and some very well-respected people at the Cato Institute.