LEDYARD, Conn. — A diverse set of economists addressing Members United Corporate Federal Credit Union's Economic Forum last week agreed that credit unions' conservative business practices should prove a boon in the current market environment.

While credit unions have not been exempt from feeling the pinch of the current mortgage market problems, the situation also opens up some opportunities.

Kevin Hassett, an economic adviser for two presidential campaigns, noted that the current housing supply is 18 times the demand in a good year, and new-home construction "as deep in the tank as we've ever seen."

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