Others have sharp points, rows of cut-out circles or designs like snowflakes.
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The big relief, in Mr Mishkin's view, is that falling house prices translate only slowly into lower spending, so central bankers can soften even sharp house-price declines provided that they cut interest rates early.
U.S. stocks still ended the day with sharp losses, but a last-hour rally cut the deficit in the blue-chip barometer by more than half as professional investors seem to have stepped in and picked up shares dumped by unhappy mutual- and hedge-fund shareholders.