| Table of Contents: | | | | GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS : EUR, Western Europe, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, IMF-World Bank, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, OECD, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom | | | | TOPICS : economy, construction, growth, monetary, prices, property | | | | SIGNIFICANCE : The unprecedented residential property price increases across many European countries over the last decade are ending. Expectations of a long-term property downturn are a major component of the projected economic slowdown in several EU countries in 2008-09. Its severity will depend on the underlying conditions of the boom as well as the policy responses take |
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