Posts tagged New

Paul Craig Roberts: What economy? There’s nothing left

By Paul Craig Roberts
Counterpunch
Thursday, July 16, 2009
http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts07162009.html
There is no economy left to recover. The U.S. manufacturing economy was lost to offshoring and free trade ideology. It was replaced by a mythical “New Economy.”
The “New Economy” was based on services. Its artificial life was fed by the Federal Reserve’s artificially low interest rates, which produced a [...]

New Brunswick’s Spring Housing Starts – Canadian Funding Corp Looks at the Numbers

MONCTON, June 8 /CNW/ – According to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC’s) preliminary data(1) released today, residential construction in May produced a total of 334 starts in New Brunswick’s urban centres compared to 481 units during the same period last year.
“Total urban starts for the month of May were down from last year’s monthly [...]

The Canadian Funding Corp Reports on: Rigid Air Barrier Assemblies

This article looks at four different case studies which use different materials and methods of building structures.
Introduction
Air barriers are required by the National Building Code to protect buildings against moisture damage due to air exfiltration or rain penetration and to control the interior climate and conserve energy. More knowledge of air barrier performance is needed [...]