Here is a chart from the House Budget Committee showing long-run projections for spending and revenues over the next 70 years.

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According to our house-price indicators (see chart), America's housing market is leading the way down for the 20 countries covered.

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The rise came to a halt in 2008 when the Chinese authorities sought to cushion exporters from the turbulence of global recession but resumed in 2010 just weeks before the House passed a bill (see chart).

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Without looking she can chart his movement towards the house by the heady fragrance of honeysuckle.

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In most of continental Europe the combined costs of buying and selling a house amount to 10% or more of the purchase price (see chart 7), and in Belgium to as much as 18%.

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House prices rose by more than 9% in the year to August (see chart).

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Boston.com put together the following chart, which shows the percent of questions asked by Twitter users and White House journalists that mention selected topics.

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Although a chart of the Dow might indicate otherwise, stocks right now are in the dog house.

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After a long period when house prices fell and then stagnated, they have picked up in the past couple of years (see chart).

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The good news is that, on a nationwide basis, the house-price-to-income ratio is still below its late 1980s peak in Britain and America (see chart 6).

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