The New York Times has a nice set of graphics outlining the factors in the housing market that provided the basis for the bubble and how this bubble could deflate in the months ahead. The NYT has been far better than the rest of the media in alerting the public to the dangers of the housing bubble, although its coverage was still not appropriate to the enormity of the problem.
Seriously, which is more important, whether the budget deficit is $20 billion higher or lower or an $8 trillion housing bubble? How big a deal is a trade agreement with Peru or Panama relative to a bubble that threatens to wipe out the accumulated savings of tens of millions of homeowners. The NYT was far better than almost anyone else (don't ask me about the Post), but it still did not give the housing bubble the attention that it deserved.
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