"The markets, in my view, will force our hand," says Steve Bell, senior director of economic policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center and a veteran of congressional budgets. "We only respond to crises that are palpable."
Based on the housing industry’s average share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from 1980 to 2007, the infographic illustrates that 2.3 percent or $350 billion is “missing” in potential growth.