The two economies are very different, with wildly varying incomes, prices (most especially on housing) and standards of living.
The Q4 bounce is almost entirely the result of a loosening of credit, which, not surprisingly, resulted in new construction, especially in housing.
Investors still have their doubts concerning the speed of the recovery, especially in housing and employment, but the flow of economic reports continues to be bullish.
Louisville, for example, found that 23% of residents under the age of 31 would like to move downtown, especially as more housing stock is created.
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This is especially so since housing is 42% of the overall CPI index, but becomes 51% of the core index when food and energy is stripped out.
You've probably got at least another year, maybe, you know, another 18 months of downward pressures on housing prices especially in markets on the coast where you've got these housing prices that have gone up by incredible, unrealistic multiples for several years, double-digit percentage gains in the cost of - or the going rate for a home or for a condo over the last three, four, five years.
Although there may be a bubble in luxury housing, especially in Shanghai, house prices nationwide rose by only 4% on average last year.
While the US economy seems to be gaining some strength, especially in jobs and housing, Europe could remain a challenge for a few years.
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Even if we were to measure UK inequality taking account of local price differences (especially, again, housing costs) then much of it would disappear again.
Second homes and high-end housing are especially weak on these scores.
There's a huge demand for new housing, especially in south-east England, and if greenfield sites are to be avoided, the land available for development is often in the very areas most at risk from flooding.
Sir Adrian was asked for ways to tackle the UK's housing shortage, especially in the private rental sector.
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And this is further depressing housing prices, especially in the "hot" areas where the big builders had concentrated their efforts.
It has opened a for-profit bank mortgage office to write loans and expand the availability of credit, especially for mortgages in affordable housing developments.
Studies of the pre-bust housing market found that eliminating the MID and the tax deduction for property taxes would substantially knock back prices, especially in communities with high housing costs.
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Many expats rent, especially those who have a housing budget from their company, but often the second generation of Chinese who emigrated to other countries return to buy property here.
Until recently, investors were shunning commercial property in smaller cities, especially those hit hard by the housing crisis.
Capitol Hill is especially attuned to the nuances of the housing and credit crises these days.
It also noted home sales and housing starts in Colorado are especially sluggish.
We saw what happened over the past decade when we strayed from those values -- especially when it comes to the massive housing bubble that burst and hurt so many people.
The President charged his team to focus on three key areas: First, he directed that especially in light of colder weather, temporary housing for those who have lost their homes, or lost heat or power should be a top priority.
He also notes that in areas where bidding wars have been especially prevalent, buyer tactics reminiscent of the housing bubble, for example, proffering photos of children and personal letters demonstrating why a bidder should be chosen, have begun to creep back into the marketplace.
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The rekindling of the U.S. housing market is making the pickup segment especially attractive these days.
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About the mortgage deduction and the charitable deduction, last year when that was proposed for this year, 2011, it seemed as though even among some Democrats on the Hill that there was considerable resistance to that idea, especially in a slow mortgage market or a slow housing market.
Capuano's mother lives in housing for the elderly, and he is especially concerned about rising rents and home prices in the Boston-area 8th District.
But a government bail-out would surely weaken confidence in America's financial system, especially as the government is also trying to stabilise the housing market and has an unspecified commitment to support the country's investment banks.
China housing prices have soared over the last five years, especially in the eastern cities like Beijing and Shanghai.
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All regulators, and especially the Federal Reserve, were accused of failing to identify the housing market bubble that preceded the financial crisis, and the new council will be charged with spotting such a build-up of risk in the financial system in future.
Since then, neighbourhood revitalisation has gathered pace, especially after a former department store on Cordova Street was transformed into swanky housing.
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