Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis |
- Shades of 2006: That's What Australia Housing Bubble Looks Like From US Perspective
- Eurozone Retail Sales Sink 9th Month; 17th Month of Contraction in Italy; Margins Collapse in France; Germany Barely Above Contraction
- 51% of Germans Believe Germany Better Off Outside Eurozone, 71% Favor Greece Leaving; Implications on Constitutional Court Ruling
Shades of 2006: That's What Australia Housing Bubble Looks Like From US Perspective Posted: 30 Jul 2012 08:33 PM PDT The Australia housing market did not bust when it should of and the delay is going to be painful. The bigger the bubble, the bigger the crash, and the Australia bubble is bigger than we saw in the US. On a timeline basis, Australia is about where the US was in 2006, essentially a state of denial. Developers are offering massive incentives such as cars, furniture, and vacations to move homes while chanting the ever-popular "now is a great time to buy a house" mantra. Gifts Galore The Age reports Gifts galore boost flagging unit sales Developers are slashing apartment prices and handing out tens of thousands of dollars in incentives - including rebates, cars, furniture and holidays - to lure buyers into Melbourne's new-unit market.No Auction Bidders Similar to the US condo bust in which bidders vanished overnight, The Age notes Empty auctions: 'op shop' listings What if you put your house up for auction but nobody turned up? Not even the neighbours for a stickybeak?This is how downturns major start: price wars, incentives, and still no bidders. Give that it's only 2006, Australia has a long way to the bottom. Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Click Here To Scroll Thru My Recent Post List |
Posted: 30 Jul 2012 11:18 AM PDT Eurozone retail sales continue to dive and not even Germany is immune. German manufacturing has been in contraction off-and-on, and retail sales are once again on the verge contraction as well. Let's take a look at some reports. Italy Retail Sales Slump Extends to 17th Month Markit reports Downturn in retail sales continues in July Sales Fall Sharply in France Markit France PMI shows Record Drop in Retail Margins German Retail Sales on Verge of Contraction Markit reports German Retail PMI hits three-month low during July Eurozone Retail Sales Sink 9th Month Markit reports Eurozone retail sales fall for ninth month running in July Key points:Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Click Here To Scroll Thru My Recent Post List |
Posted: 30 Jul 2012 07:34 AM PDT A recent poll says 51 percent of Germans now believe Germany would be better off without the euro. The Emnid poll for the Bild am Sonntag mass circulation weekly showed 51pc of Germans believed Europe's top economy would be better outside the 17-country eurozone. Twenty-nine percent said it would be worse off, AFP reports.Implications on Constitutional Court Ruling That poll, with only 29% believeing the euro is a good thing, suggests that if the German constitutional court forced Merkel to put the euro to a referendum, that Germany would vote to leave the eurozone. On September 12, the German constitution court is expected to rule on the ESM as well as the fiscal treaty chancellor Angela Merkel signed in March. Is it any wonder ECB president Mario Draghi is loathe to do anything but talk before the court meets? Should the court rule both are OK, eurocrats like Jean-Claude Juncker will immediately seek to change what the ESM can do, including the use of leverage. Let Voters Decide Given that Germany is better off outside the eurozone, and the eurozone is arguably better off without Germany, hopefully, the constitutional court will say it's time to put all of this to voters, including whether Germany should stay in the eurozone. Unfortunately, I expect the court will OK both the ESM and the Merkozy treaty, but give further warnings to Merkel and the ECB that 500 million euros is the limit. Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Click Here To Scroll Thru My Recent Post List |
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