Shiller: Housing Bubble Could Be Forming in Some Areas

By Edward Harrison On Aug 2, 2012

Robert Shiller sees telltale signs of new bubbles forming in some of the former bubble markets. He mentions Phoenix and San Francisco as two notables. I see this as a side effect of the record low rates that the Fed is creating in the mortgage market. How did Janet Yellen put it: “It is conceivable that accommodative monetary policy could provide tinder for a buildup of leverage“. Yep, that’s it exactly. Video below

Source: Fox Business

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Edward Harrison is a senior Editor at Bloomberg. He is also the founder of Credit Writedowns newsletter, a former career diplomat, investment banker and technology executive with over twenty five years of business experience. He speaks six languages and reads another five, skills he uses to provide a more global perspective. Edward holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.

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