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May 8, 2008

Gas, Real Estate, and GDP Shrinkage

Some useful gas/housing GDP sensitivity analysis from a new Milken report:

- Each 10 percent decline in housing sales correlates in an 0.8 percent decline in real GDP.
- Each $10 increase in oil price reduces real GDP by 0.2 percent.

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