Tuesday, November 26, 2013

New Residential Construction Report: October 2013

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Today’s New Residential Construction Report  while including only limited data as a result of the recent government shutdown, showed notable...
Monday, November 25, 2013

Pending Home Sales: October 2013

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Today, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released their Pending Home Sales Report for October showing that pending home sales dec...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims November 21 2013

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Today’s jobless claims report showed a decline for initial unemployment claims and an increase to continued unemployment claims as seasonal...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Existing Home Sales Report: October 2013

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Today, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released their Existing Home Sales Report for October showing decreased sales with total...

Reading Rates: MBA Application Survey – November 20 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...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Homebuilder Blues: NAHB/Wells Fargo Home Builder Ratings November 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...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Envisioning Employment: Employment Situation October 2013

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The latest  Employment Situation Report indicated that in October, net non-farm payrolls increased by 204,000 jobs overall with the private...

Recovery-less Recovery: Unemployment Duration October 2013

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The latest  employment situation report showed that conditions for the long term unemployed improved in October while still remaining dist...

On The Margin: Total Unemployment October 2013

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The latest  Employment Situation report showed that in October “total unemployment” including all marginally attached workers increased to ...
Thursday, November 07, 2013

Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims November 07 2013

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Today’s jobless claims report showed a decline for initial unemployment claims and a slight increase to continued unemployment claims as se...
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...