According to Mark Zandi, Moody’s Analytics chief economist, the shutdown could cause severe consequences if it is not resolved and the debt ceiling is not raised by October 17th, the day when the government is expected to run out of money.As the federal government shutdown continues, real estate deals are becoming delayed.

Some amount of boom/bust is inevitable though, I guess.I'm no economist, but I agree that the hedge fund/ Wall street involvement in RE may be a recipe for trouble.

Economists, experts and whoever else called for dooms days, the U.S. losing its world reserve currency status, DOW going to 1,000, etc... since one of the darkest days in our history 2008-2009 mortgage meltdown, what happened?

The Economist featured a fascinating and well researched article in May’s print edition called, “Shadow Banking in China: Battling the Darkness.”

I heard economists speculating recently that since the Fed is saying they will not raise interest rates for at least another year or two, that banks will now be forced to loosen the reigns and starting lending again.

Overall Alaska has been chugging along at about 1% growth for the last 10 years (I just listened to a couple of economists speak about this).

So the gap is widening.Most economists will talk about how important the middle class is for us and this inequality is wiping out the 3 classes (low-middle-upper) into 2 classes (low-upper).

No one fully understands the world economies, ask two economists the same question and you'll get two different answers.

I read a very interesting article in Economist related to this topic Future of jobs I am a millennial and got a degree in Accounting.

Ouch.Some economists and "experts" should be prosecuted for selling doom and gloom.