The downward trend in housing starts supports our long-held view that a housing correction is underway. More importantly, the slump in pre-construction condo sales and dwindling number of new project launches indicate that this seemingly mild slowdown will eventually worsen. Accordingly, as we have forewarned, housing investment will soon begin to severely constrain economic growth.
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