In contrast, at their peak last year American house prices had risen by 45% relative to incomes.

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Contrast this to the peak year of 1998, when 372, 843 homes were manufactured. (We then had an industry share of 8%.) Sales would have been terrible last year under any circumstances, but the financing problems I commented upon in the 2009 report continue to exacerbate the distress.

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In contrast, if we are above the Peak, then small decreases in the number of guns can actually cause more deaths.

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Regionally, competition is at a peak in the South East, with 33 applicants on average for every job, in contrast with East Anglia where only 10 apply for each job.

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By contrast UK GVA or output without the bad bits, without finance and energy, is almost back to peak output.

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By contrast, in the United States, bankruptcies increased a whopping 83 percent between the fourth quarter of 2007 and their peak in the second quarter of 2009.

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