Skyscraper Index
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skyscraper-index-229-1063549
title:
Skyscraper Index
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The Skyscraper Index is a concept put forward by Andrew Lawrence, a property analyst at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, in January 1999, which showed that the world's tallest buildings have risen on the eve of economic downturns. Business cycles and skyscraper construction correlate in such a way that investment in skyscrapers peaks when cyclical growth is exhausted and the economy is ready for recession. Mark Thornton's Skyscraper Index Model successfully predicted the Great Recession at the be
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Idea that the construction of skyscrapers predicts an economic crash
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper_Index
date created:
2009-01-02T21:56:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T13:56:50Z
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