That would seem to be the implication of a quote from former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers that, "the housing sector is in serious trouble, even worse than we supposed." USA Today readers would be better informed if the paper sought out economists who are not part of Larry Summers' "we" and recognized the problems in the nation's housing market.
--Dean Baker
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