Bloomberg, The Times and all the other major newspapers are apparently shocked thta there was a drop in US housing starts in April. According to Bloomberg yesterday:

U.S. stocks declined as banks fell after Moody’s Investors Service said commercial property values plunged and Home Depot Inc. retreated following an unexpected slump in housing starts.

And the Times ran with a similar lead in, which is entertaining because in March they reported “an unexpected rise in new home sales,” which apparently heralded  “the first tentative signs of economic “green shoots.”

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