In Remarks, Paulson Notes Housing Downturn
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Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson acknowledged the United States is experiencing a âsignificantâ housing market downturn but the economy should avoid recession.
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Turbulence in the financial markets will take some time to be resolved, said Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson Jr. on Wednesday.
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A bottom has been hit in the decline of U.S. home sales, said former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Wednesday.
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A downward spiral of falling house prices and reduced mortgage lending threatens the economy, an economist warns.
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Tuesday that the U.S. economy remains resilient and has healthy long-term fundamentals, but has slowed "materially" in recent weeks and needs a short-term stimulus.
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Housing bust and falling sales-tax revenues remind some officials of the period before 2001 recession.
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A big overhang of property will bring U.S. house prices down further, but it is too early to say if the economy will plunge into recession, former Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan was quoted as saying on Friday.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Tuesday that a weakened housing market will not have a major impact on the U.S. financial sector, which he described as quite healthy.
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on  Friday said that it will take time to work through the problems  contributing to current financial market turmoil but expressed  confidence U.S. growth will not be derailed.
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Some quotes from the Senate Banking Committee's hearing on the economy, with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Christopher Cox, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission:
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson  said on Tuesday that a weakened housing market will not have a  major impact on the U.S. financial sector, which he described  as quite healthy.
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One economist is beginning to glimpse signs of recovery that he says may be confirmed this week by a pair of reports on home sales.
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U.S. housing industry economists on Monday cautioned that rapid house price gains in some areas of the country may not be sustainable.
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson  said on Friday that recent financial market volatility does not  necessarily reflect strong fundamentals in the U.S. economy,  nor those of the developing Chinese economy.
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Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke described the recent housing downturn as "sharp" and added "that further declines in homebuilding are likely" in a highly anticipated speech Friday morning.
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The I.M.F. said a cooling housing market is likely to trigger a slowdown in the United States economy and abroad.
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The U.S. economy is in good shape,  with growth moderating to a more sustainable pace from the  rapid expansion in the early part of the year, U.S. Treasury  Secretary Henry Paulson said on Friday.