US housing starts, so important to the chemical industry, are now firmly anchored in recession territory. The chart above, from the ACC’s weekly report, shows they are at levels last seen in 1990-1. And with the current disruption in financial markets, it is hard to imagine that a recovery will start in the near future. In fact, the ACC notes that ‘a bottom to the housing crisis remains elusive’ and fears that ‘starts could fall further’.
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