U.S. housing data is making the economy look better, even as other parts lag. And it’s true, the housing market, as we’ve covered for the last several quarters, is doing really well — and the recent Fed rate hike appears to have had little, if any, effect on that. However, as we’ve also pointed out before, we live in a global world, where everything is connected to everything else. As you’ll see in tomorrow’s article, the same news that is good for the U.S. economy is bad for the U.S. economy.