tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539577136486286096.post2800451548562418546..comments2024-03-28T02:46:41.090-05:00Comments on Supply and Demand (in that order): Housing Market Evidence Continues to Pile UpCasey B. Mulliganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317454408275318282noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539577136486286096.post-60150356322658233052009-03-26T12:28:00.000-05:002009-03-26T12:28:00.000-05:00Wow, a +3.0 percent month-to-month rise in buildin...Wow, a +3.0 percent month-to-month rise in building permits... plus or minus 3.5%.<BR/><BR/>The census report has a helpful explanatory note regarding margins of error: "If a range does not contain zero, the change is statistically significant. If it does contain zero, the change is not statistically significant; that is, it is uncertain whether there was an increase or decrease." <BR/><BR/>The margin of error on that headline figure of +4.7 is +/-18.3%, by the way.buermannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14876839557540319179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539577136486286096.post-6819581786518177522009-03-25T15:05:00.000-05:002009-03-25T15:05:00.000-05:00I can't see a turnaround. But then again, your cor...I can't see a <A HREF="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pMscxxELHEg/Sco6Sf6m4uI/AAAAAAAAE4A/ihJ5AUH7df4/s1600-h/NHSFeb2009sales.jpg" REL="nofollow">turnaround</A>. But then again, your corrective lenses must be on fire if you follow <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/profile/03317454408275318282" REL="nofollow">Perry</A> at Michigan-Flint.<BR/><BR/>You are late to the econoblogosphere, Casey. Tread lightly before your coke-bottled glasses are broken in a school yard rumble.stilettoheelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197109693659933012noreply@blogger.com