FHFA Press Release- Washington, DC – U.S. house prices rose 0.8 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from March to April, according to the Federal Housing…
Press Release MBAA WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 2, 2012) — Mortgage applications increased 0.1 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers…
The dark and dirty job of pointing out that the NAHB Housing Market Index present conditions index is up 11 points versus last April and…
The mainstream media today reported an increase in initial jobless claims this week to 380,000, an increase of 13,000. This was another huge miss for…
The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index™ (PCI) is an interesting indicator that correlates well with the movements of the stock market. Comparing the PCI with…
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Misc: Empire State Survey indicates contraction, Inflation rate lower, French Bank Rating Reviewed
by CalculatedRisk on 6/15/2011 08:30:00 AM
• From the NY Fed: Empire State Manufacturing Survey
The Empire State Manufact…
Today’s retail sales report was far from a reason for the market to party. The media are reporting that on a seasonally adjusted basis, nominal…
May 13, 2011
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the CPI data for March this morning. Year-over Headline CPI came in at 3.16%, which the BLS rounds to 3.2%, up from 2.68% last month. Year-over year-Core CPI came in at 1.33%, which the BLS rounds…
May 11, 2011
The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index (PCI), a measure of the economy based on diesel fuel consumption, was released earlier today (download PDF report). The index posted its 17th straight month of year-over-year growth, but the se…
May 11, 2011
The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index (PCI), a measure of the economy based on diesel fuel consumption, was released earlier today (PDF file). The index posted its 17th straight month of year-over-year growth, but the see-saw econo…
