[MikefromOhio]

I can sort of see it.

Think of all the construction jobs and stuff like that which will be created in the new couple years in the areas affected.

of course, I wonder if they will have trouble finding warm bodies to fill the positions like they have had in Florida.

[KevinDavis]

Imagine the IT infrastucture that has to be done also..

[RetiredArmy]

The President of Mexico has offered 2 million construction workers. Just think, they can build it and then after it is built, they can do the land scaping also!!!!! 2 for 1. Then they can all go on government welfare as "legal" immigrants.

[kinghorse]

It's really simpler than that Mike. The fed makes the price banks pay for money really attactive. The banks in turn set an attractive rate for consumers and business. The fed turns the spigot on and off. The markets follow this activity albeit on a delayed basis.

[Matchett-PI]

People are buying up property in Baton Rouge like you wouldn't believe. Propery is only on the market a few minutes and it's sold - at offers over 10% of the market value / asking price. bttt

[concrete is my business]

Think of all the stoves and fridges and air conditioners and computers and cars and on and on it goes.

Construction will keep on booming and so will consumer goods.

[Stonewall Jackson]

If you want to check out something crazy, try the prices of building materials.

I work at a home improvement center in Kentucky and on Monday mornings we print out our weekly price change sheets. Normally there are about one hundred items in the entire store. This week there were more than one hundred pages!!!

The same thing happened last year after Florida's Month of Agony and the prices stayed pretty high for six or seven months. I hate to see what happens this time around.