Af Mark J. Donovan
Indtil der salg af eksisterende boliger ramt et fem måneder høje i marts i henhold til National Association of Realtors (NAR). Meget af dette var helt sikkert på grund af den hjem køber skattelempelsen udløber den 1. maj. Så det rejser spørgsmålet, er denne positive boliger statistik en tendens eller en døgnflue? Kun tiden vil vise.
Jeg ville ikke blive overrasket, men hvis det er sidstnævnte, i det mindste for resten af 2010. Med en arbejdsløshed stadig er på næsten på 10% (officielt) og meget højere (uofficielt), og europæiske økonomiske bekymringer med Grækenland, Spanien og Portugal lægge en dæmper på aktiemarkedet, ser jeg svært ved at se en vedvarende forbedring af boligmarkedet. Sandsynligheden kunne være endnu mere reduceret, hvis den amerikanske centralbank skal begynde at hæve renten hurtigere end planlagt. Det amerikanske handelsministerium Department for nylig rapporteret, at amerikanerne oplevede en 2% stigning i priserne på bare de første 3 måneder af 2010.
Boligpriserne er Sandsynligvis lavpunkt
Selv om jeg ikke ville blive overrasket over at se en opbremsning i verserende bolighandler for den resterende del af 2010, eller i det mindste for de næste mange måneder, jeg formoder boligpriserne har nået bunden. Der er mange tegn, der antyder en langsom forbedring af amerikansk økonomi, og disse faktorer vil sandsynligvis opveje risikoen for yderligere fald i boligpriserne. Det eneste spørgsmålstegn i denne hypotese er, hvor hurtigt regeringen begynder at slukke for stimulus studsene. Hvis regeringen bevæger sig for hurtigt i at slukke for strømmen af stimulus penge, dette kunne sammen med alle de andre negative faktorer, der er nævnt ovenfor, kunne bevirke boligpriserne til at falde yderligere.
Igen, vil kun tiden vise.
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Obesity
Obesity is when a person is carrying too much body fat for their height and sex. A person is considered obese if they have a Body Mass Index (BMI) - weight in kilograms divided by their height in meters squared - of 30 or greater. Obesity can happen when you eat more calories than you burn off over a period of time.
The rate at which you burn off calories from food and drink is known as your metabolic rate. This is often faster during growth spurts and puberty, but reaches a fairly steady rate by adulthood.
People who are very active generally have a higher metabolic rate than those who are inactive because they burn off calories faster through energetic activity. For example, a labourer working on a building site may need as many as 4,000-5,000 calories a day to keep an even weight. In contrast, an office worker who uses a car to get to work, and does not exercise, may only need 1,500 calories a day.
If the amount of calories provided by your daily food intake is more than the calories that you burn off, your body will store the extra energy as fat. This is the body's way of protecting itself in case of starvation. However, starvation in developed countries is extremely rare, and this insurance against 'hard times' is hardly ever needed.
Most of us have more food than we need, and much of it is higher in calories than the human body was originally designed to cope with. Fast foods, high calorie snacks, and large portions all mean it is easy to take in more energy than we need. Obesity has now become one of the most serious medical problems of the western world.
The rate at which you burn off calories from food and drink is known as your metabolic rate. This is often faster during growth spurts and puberty, but reaches a fairly steady rate by adulthood.
People who are very active generally have a higher metabolic rate than those who are inactive because they burn off calories faster through energetic activity. For example, a labourer working on a building site may need as many as 4,000-5,000 calories a day to keep an even weight. In contrast, an office worker who uses a car to get to work, and does not exercise, may only need 1,500 calories a day.
If the amount of calories provided by your daily food intake is more than the calories that you burn off, your body will store the extra energy as fat. This is the body's way of protecting itself in case of starvation. However, starvation in developed countries is extremely rare, and this insurance against 'hard times' is hardly ever needed.
Most of us have more food than we need, and much of it is higher in calories than the human body was originally designed to cope with. Fast foods, high calorie snacks, and large portions all mean it is easy to take in more energy than we need. Obesity has now become one of the most serious medical problems of the western world.