Update: Real Estate Agent Boom and Bust
Way back in 2005, I posted a graph of the Real Estate Agent Boom. Here is another update to the graph. The graph shows the...
Author : Calculated Risk
NFIB: Small Business Optimism Index unchanged in May
From the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB): May 2017 Report: Small Business Optimism IndexThe Index for May matched its strong performance in April of 104.5....
Tuesday: Small Business Survey, PPI
From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Steady-to-Higher as Busy Week BeginsMortgage rates were either flat or slightly higher, depending on the lender today....
Q2 GDP Forecasts
From Merrill Lynch: We revised down our official 2Q GDP forecast to 2.5%, essentially marking-to market. 1Q is tracking a tenth higher to 1.1%. From...
Oil: “Smallest number of horizontal oil rigs added since January”
A few comments from Steven Kopits of Princeton Energy Advisors LLC on June 9, 2017:• smallest number of horizontal oil rigs added – one –...
Sunday Night Futures
Weekend:• Schedule for Week of June 11, 2017• My FOMC preview.• Excerpts from Goldman's FOMC preview.From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures: S&P futures are...
FOMC Preview
The consensus is that the Fed will raise the Fed Funds Rate 25 bps following the FOMC meeting this coming week. Since a rate hike...
Goldman: FOMC Preview
A few brief excerpts from a Goldman Sachs research note: Another rate increase from the FOMC next week is now extremely likely ... The unemployment...
Schedule for Week of June 11, 2017
The key economic reports this week are May Housing Starts, Retail Sales and the Consumer Price Index (CPI).For manufacturing, May industrial production, and the June New York, and...
Merrill FOMC Preview
The FOMC is expected to raise rate at their meeting next week. Here are a few brief excerpts from a Merrill Lynch preview: The June...