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 Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending April 27, 2012. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 0.1 percent on a seasonally…
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Evil Lurks in the Shadlows of that "Strong" Housing Number
by Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner • • 0 Comments
The thinly traded equity markets took off today on the strength of some very good November numbers out of the Census Department on the U.S. home building sector (also, among a few other things, an absence of bad news from Europe – but that’s ano…
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Producer Price Index: More Evidence of Inflation
by dshort.com - Financial Life Cycle Planning • • 0 Comments
May 12, 2011
Today’s release of the Producer Price Index (PPI) for April again reinforces the pattern of higher inflation. The year-over-year unadjusted producer price increase was the largest since September 2008:
The Producer Price Index for f…
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Cracked Economic Reports Not as Cracked Up To Be
by Lee Adler • • 0 Comments
Two key economic reports out today require closer scrutiny. Their positive readings may not be all that they appear to be on the surface. Both the MBAA’s Mortgage Applications Index and the weekly unemployment claims were reported as positives this morning. But just how good were they?
