Friday, July 17, 2015

Hong Kong Residential Property Prices: HKU-REIS March 2015

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The latest release of the University of Hong Kong's Hong Kong Residential Real Estate Series (HKU-REIS) indicating that, in March, the...

New Residential Construction Report: June 2015

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Today’s New Residential Construction Report  showed generally improving results with total permit activity rising 7.4% since May while total...
Thursday, July 16, 2015

SNAP Food Stamp Participation: April 2015

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As a logical consequence of the prolonged economic downturn, participation in the federal food stamp program is continuing to rise. The la...

Weekly Unemployment Claims: Initial and Continued July 16 2015

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Today’s jobless claims report showed declines to both initial and insured (continued) unemployment claims as seasonally adjusted initial cl...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Recession Watch: Piger and Term Spread Probabilities

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For forecasting oncoming recession, from a purely statistical standpoint, we have two interesting data series to follow, the Piger Recessio...

Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization: June 2015

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Today, the Federal Reserve released their monthly read of industrial production and capacity utilization showing an increase in June with ...

Reading Rates: MBA Application Survey – July 15 2015

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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, July 09, 2015

Weekly Unemployment Claims: Initial and Continued July 07 2015

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Today’s jobless claims report showed a an increase to both initial and insured unemployment claims as seasonally adjusted initial claims ap...
Monday, June 22, 2015

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index: May 2015

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The latest release of the Chicago Federal Reserve National Activity Index (CFNAI) indicated that the national economic activity remained we...

Existing Home Sales Report: May 2015

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Today, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released their Existing Home Sales Report for May showing strong sales with total home s...
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

New Residential Construction Report: May 2015

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Today’s New Residential Construction Report  showed mixed results with total permit activity increasing 11.8% since April while total starts...
Friday, June 05, 2015

Employment Situation: Nonfarm Payrolls and Civilian Unemployment May 2015

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Today's  Employment Situation Report indicated that in May, net non-farm payrolls increased by a notable 280,000 jobs overall with the ...

Employment Situation: Unemployment Duration May 2015

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

Employment Situation: Total Unemployment May 2015

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Today's  Employment Situation report showed that in May “total unemployment” including all marginally attached workers remained unchang...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

New Home Sales: April 2015

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Today, the U.S. Census Department released its monthly New Residential Home Sales Report for April showing sales jumped a notable 6.8% fro...