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245 _aGovernment panic adds inflation to house prices.
260 _c1999
490 _aSunday Business
_v8 August 1999, 18(1)
520 _aDiscusses the differences between the housing market of 1999 and the 1980s. Argues that the biggest threat to the housing market is the policy response that might result from increasing prices, and points to increased stamp duty which has already been used to control the top end of the market. Considers that the only way to prevent a house-price boom and bust scenario is to increase supply of property.
650 _aINFLATION
650 _aGOVERNMENT
650 _aHOUSE PRICES
690 _aHOUSING
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