Tuesday, October 29, 2013

S&P/Case-Shiller: August 2013

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Today's release of the S&P/Case-Shiller (CSI) home price indices for August reported that the non-seasonally adjusted Composite-10 ...

Conspicuous Correlation: Retail Sales September 2013

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Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released its latest nominal read of retail sales  for September showing a decrease of 0.1% from August, and a...
Thursday, October 24, 2013

Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims October 24 2013

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Today’s jobless claims report showed decreases to both initial and continued unemployment claims as seasonally adjusted initial claims cont...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

FHFA Monthly Home Prices: August 2013

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Today, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released the latest results of their monthly house price index (HPI) showing that in Augu...

Reading Rates: MBA Application Survey – October 23 2013

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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, October 22, 2013

Construction Spending: August 2013

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Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released their latest read of construction spending showing increase in August with total private constructio...

Envisioning Employment: Employment Situation September 2013

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Today’s Employment Situation Report indicated that in September, net non-farm payrolls increased by 148,000 jobs overall with the private n...

Recovery-less Recovery: Unemployment Duration September 2013

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Today's employment situation report showed that conditions for the long term unemployed improved in September while still remaining di...

On The Margin: Total Unemployment September 2013

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Today's  Employment Situation report showed that in September “total unemployment” including all marginally attached workers declined t...
Friday, October 18, 2013

Inequality According to Reich

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Inequality for All , Robert Reich's recently released documentary detailing his views on the state of income distribution in America...
Thursday, October 17, 2013

Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims October 17 2013

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Today’s jobless claims report showed decreases to both initial and continued unemployment claims as seasonally adjusted initial claims cont...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Homebuilder Blues: NAHB/Wells Fargo Home Builder Ratings October 2013

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

Reading Rates: MBA Application Survey – October 16 2013

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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...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims October 10 2013

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Today’s jobless claims report showed a notable increase to initial unemployment claims and a decline to continued jobless claims as seasona...

Reading Rates: MBA Application Survey – October 10 2013

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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...