What is Skyscraper Index (SI)?
Q. What is Skyscraper Index (SI)?
Answer: t is a concept which explains that investment in skyscrapers peaks when cyclical growth is exhausted and the economy is ready for recession thus it is a predictor of Economic crisis, not boom
Notes: The Skyscraper Index is a whimsical concept put forward by Andrew Lawrence in 1999. He is a property analyst at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. This showed that the world's tallest buildings have risen on the eve of economic downturns.

 

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