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HOUSING STARTS: The number of residential buildings (single-family and multi-family) construction units begun during a given time period (usually one month) based on the number of building permits issued. Housing starts are sensitive to interest rate changes and reflect the household sectors willingness to invest in new construction. It is a key indicator of business-cycle activity. More specifically, it is one of the 12 leading economic indicators tracked by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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INFORMATION The transfer of knowledge from one person to another. Information is a flow concept. It requires someone (or something) to do the sending and someone to do the receiving. Information is a valuable commodity that provides benefits, but also incurs an opportunity cost to produce, meaning information is never perfect or complete. The existence of asymmetric information (some have more information than others) gives rise to the problems of adverse selection, moral hazard, and the principal-agent problem.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time watching infomercials wanting to buy either several magazines on fashion design or a package of 3 by 5 index cards, the ones without lines. Be on the lookout for a thesaurus filled with typos.
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Two and a half gallons of oil are needed to produce one automobile tire.
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"All things are difficult before they are easy." -- Thomas Fuller, Physician
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TIAC
Thrift Institutions Advisory Council
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