The U.S. Economy Is Just Starting to Tap Into a Big Source of Dry Powder

There's a big reason to believe that the U.S. economy will be able to withstand the start of the Fed tightening cycle: There's still plenty of pent up activity in the housing sector. And it's hard to see the U.S. economy running out of steam with this much upside left in residential investment, according to some economists and analysts.

Going back to the 1940s, the U.S. central bank has never embarked upon a tightening phase with housing having so much room to run to the upside.