Thursday, May 20, 2010

Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims May 20 2010

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Today’s jobless claims report showed a notable jump to initial claims and a decline to continued claims with a subtle flattening continuing...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Commercial Cataclysm!: Moody’s/REAL Commercial Property Price Index March 2010

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The latest release of the Moody’s/REAL Commercial Property Index showed another notable monthly decline of 0.5% since February suggesting ...

How Low Can You Go?

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This week the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released their latest read on producer (PPI) and consumer (CPI) prices indicating that,...

Hong Kong Bubble?: Hong Kong Residential Property Prices March 2010

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There has been much speculation recently about an ongoing price bubble occurring in the Hong Kong residential property market. The Universi...

The Seven Faces of Malaise

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The following is a run-down of seven of the most important trends currently playing out for individuals and households. Any durable recovery...

Reading Rates: MBA Application Survey – May 19 2010

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The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) publishes the results of a weekly applications survey that covers roughly 50 percent of all residen...
Tuesday, May 18, 2010

New Residential Construction Report: April 2010

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Today’s New Residential Construction Report suggested a possible slowdown of the tepid recovery seen recently in the new home construction ...

Homebuilder Blues: NAHB/Wells Fargo Home Builder Ratings May 2010

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Yesterday, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) released their latest Housing Market Index (HMI) showing increasing results fo...
Monday, May 17, 2010

Radar Watching

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Over the last two years now that I have been tracking regional home prices using the data supplied by Radar Logic , I have come to recogni...
Friday, May 14, 2010

Production Pullback: Industrial Production April 2010

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Today, the Federal Reserve released their monthly read of industrial production showing continued growth with total industrial production ...

Conspicuous Correlation: Retail Sales April 2010

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Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released its latest nominal read of retail sales (with all components revised running back to 2000) showing ...
Thursday, May 13, 2010

On The Pulse: Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index April 2010

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The latest release of the Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index™ (PCI) suggests that the economic activity slowed slightly in April with th...