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Showing posts with label Calculated Risk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Calculated Risk. Show all posts
Tuesday, 26 May 2015

New Home Sales increased to 517,000 Annual Rate in April

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The Census Bureau reports New Home Sales in April were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 517 thousand. The previous three mo...

Case-Shiller: National House Price Index increased 4.1% year-over-year in March

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S&P/Case-Shiller released the monthly Home Price Indices for March ("March" is a 3 month average of January, February and Mar...
Monday, 25 May 2015

Tuesday: New Home Sales, Case-Shiller House Prices, Durable Goods and More

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From Bloomberg: What Would Happen If Greece Doesn’t Pay the IMF: Q&A Q: What will the IMF do? A: A missed payment date starts the clo...

Gasoline Prices: Down a Dollar from last year on Memorial Day

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According to Gasbuddy.com (see graph at bottom), gasoline prices are down to a national average of $2.75 per gallon. One year ago for the we...
Sunday, 24 May 2015

Hotels: RevPAR up almost 50% since 2009

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Revenue per available room (RevPAR) is now at $85.50. In May 2009, RevPAR had fallen to $58.39 . So, RevPAR is up 46.9% over the last 6 year...

Report: Greece will not make June IMF Payment

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From the WSJ: Greece Won’t Meet IMF Repayments in June, Interior Minister Says Greece said Sunday that it won’t have the money it is due to...
Saturday, 23 May 2015

Schedule for Week of May 24, 2015

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The key reports this week are April New Home sales on Tuesday, the 2nd estimate of Q1 GDP on Friday, and March Case-Shiller house prices on ...
Friday, 22 May 2015

ATA Trucking Index decreased 3% in April

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Here is an indicator that I follow on trucking, from the ATA: ATA Truck Tonnage Index Fell 3% in April American Trucking Associations’ adva...

Yellen: Expect Rate Hike in 2015, Several Years before Fed Funds Rate "back to normal" level

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From Fed Chair Janet Yellen: The Outlook for the Economy [I]f the economy continues to improve as I expect, I think it will be appropriate ...

Key Measures Show Low Inflation in April

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The Cleveland Fed released the median CPI and the trimmed-mean CPI this morning: According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, the m...

BLS: CPI increased 0.1% in April, Core CPI increased 0.3%

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From the BLS : The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.1 percent in April on a seasonally adjusted basis , the...

Black Knight: Mortgage Delinquencies increased slightly in April

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According to Black Knight's First Look report for April, the percent of loans delinquent increased 1% in April compared to March, and d...
Thursday, 21 May 2015

Friday: CPI, Yellen

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Earlier from the Philly Fed:  May Manufacturing Survey Manufacturing activity in the region increased modestly in May, according to firms r...

Lawler: Updated Table of Distressed Sales and Cash buyers for Selected Cities in April

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Economist Tom Lawler sent me the updated table below of short sales, foreclosures and cash buyers for several selected cities in April. On...

Lawler: Existing Home Sales Dipped in April; Sales in South Seem Low

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From housing economist Tom Lawler: The National Association of Realtors reported that US existing home sales ran at an estimated seasonall...

A Few Comments on April Existing Home Sales

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Inventory is still very low (and down 0.9% year-over-year in April). More inventory would probably mean smaller price increases and slightly...

Existing Home Sales in April: 5.04 million SAAR, Inventory down 0.9% Year-over-year

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The NAR reports: Existing-Home Sales Lose Momentum in April Total existing–home sales, which are completed transactions that include single...

Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increased to 274,000, Lowest 4-Week average in 15 years

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The DOL reported : In the week ending May 16, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 274,000, an increase of 10,000 ...
Wednesday, 20 May 2015

Thursday: Existing Home Sales, Unemployment Claims and More

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From Jon Hilsenrath at the WSJ: Fed Looks Past June for First Rate Hike Federal Reserve officials at their April policy meeting said in the...

CoreLogic: Southern California April Home Sales up 8.5% Year-over-year

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From CoreLogic (formerly DataQuick): CoreLogic Reports Southern California Home Sales Rose 8.5 Percent Year over Year in April 2015 A total...