Big business has everything to gain from the present situation and seems to be doing so just fine.

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The Present Situation Index increased to 46.7 from 38.3.

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The Present Situation Index decreased to 35.7 from 36.6.

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Professor Philip Bobbit from the University of Texas has even given a name to the human tendency to assume the present situation will remain the same.

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But the present housing market looks as though it will exclude him from living near his school - a situation which he says is "crazy".

BBC: Motorway