Thursday, August 21, 2008

Mid-Cycle Meltdown?: Jobless Claims August 21 2008

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Today, the Department of Labor released their latest read of Joblessness showing seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment claims decline...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Reading Rates: MBA Application Survey – August 20 2008

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The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) publishes the results of a weekly applications survey that covers roughly 50 percent of all residenti...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

New Residential Construction Report: July 2008

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Today’s New Residential Construction Report continues to firmly demonstrate the intensity and completeness of the washout conditions that n...
Monday, August 18, 2008

Realtor’s Follies (Sold!)

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In an effort to cover the good, the bad and the ugly of the housing decline I’m following up on a prior series of posts that chronicled the...

Homebuilder Blues: NAHB/Wells Fargo Home Builder Ratings August 2008

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Today, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) released their latest Housing Market Index (HMI) showing continued evidence that t...

U.S. Invasion: U.K. Home Prices July 2008

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The two most prominent and long running monthly U.K. housing price indices continue to register accelerating year-over-year declines resulti...
Friday, August 15, 2008

Production Pullback: Industrial Production July 2008

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Today, the Federal Reserve released their monthly read of industrial production showing continued declines across many industries, particu...

Confidence Game: Consumer, CEO and Investor Confidence August 2008 (Early)

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This post combines the latest results of the Rueters/University of Michigan Survey of Consumers, the Conference Board’s Index of CEO Confide...

Recession Era Rations: Food Stamp Participation May 2008

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As a logical consequence of the prolonged economic downturn it appears that participation in the federal food stamp program is on the rise. ...

Mid-Cycle Meltdown?: Jobless Claims August 14 2008

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Yesterday, the Department of Labor released their latest read of Joblessness showing seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment claims dec...
Thursday, August 14, 2008

Conspicuous Correlation: Retail Sales July 2008

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Yesterday, the U.S. Census Bureau released its latest nominal read of retail sales showing a decline of 0.1% from June 2008 and 2.6% incre...