(CEP News) - U.S. housing starts, an index looking at the number of homes being built, fell to their lowest level in 17 years in the August report, but economists say that, while the monthly decline was steeper than anticipated by markets, a drop in construction is a
precondition for the housing sector to stabilize. More...http://www.economicnews.ca/cepnews/wire/art icle/121161