According to the Standard &amp; Poor’s/Case-Shiller US National Home Price Index, US home prices increased 86% in real, inflation-corrected, terms from 1996 to 2006, but have since fallen 6.5% – and the rate of decrease has been accelerating.
在所有这些国家中，美国看上去最有可能已经达到了一个循环的终点。根据标准普尔Case-Shiller美国全国房价指数，美国的房价在1996-2006年之间去除通货膨胀的影响实际上升了86%，但是此后已经下降了6.5%，并且下降的幅度还在加快。