BLS: March Unemployment Rates in Arkansas, Colorado, Maine and Oregon at New Series Lows
From the BLS: Regional and State Employment and Unemployment SummaryUnemployment rates were lower in March in 17 states and stable in 33 states and the...
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A Few Comments on March Existing Home Sales
Earlier: NAR: "Existing-Home Sales Jumped 4.4% in March"A few key points:1) As usual, housing economist Tom Lawler's forecast was closer to the NAR report than...
NAR: “Existing-Home Sales Jumped 4.4% in March”
Total existing-home sales, which are completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, ascended 4.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of...
Black Knight: Mortgage Delinquencies Declined in March to 11 Year Low
Delinquencies declined 14 percent month-over-month, hitting their lowest level since March 2006 and the fourth lowest point since the turn of the century; Total non-current...
Friday: Existing Home Sales
I expect existing home sales to be above the consensus forecast, see: Lawler: Early Read on Existing Home Sales in April Friday:• At 10:00 AM...
Hotels: Hotel Occupancy Rate Decreases Year-over-Year
From HotelNewsNow.com: STR: US hotel results for week ending 15 April The U.S. hotel industry reported negative results in the three key performance metrics during...
NMHC: Apartment Market Tightness Index remained negative in April Survey
From the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC): Apartment Markets Sluggish in the April NMHC Quarterly Survey Despite moderate improvements over the first quarter of 2017,...
Philly Fed: Manufacturing “Continued to expand, but at a slower pace” in April
Results from the April Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey suggest that regional manufacturing activity continued to expand, but at a slower pace than last month. The...
Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increase to 244,000
The DOL reported:In the week ending April 15, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 244,000, an increase of 10,000 from the previous...
Thursday: Unemployment Claims, Philly Fed Mfg Survey
Some interesting comments from Dave Altig, Nicholas Parker and Brent Meyer at Macroblog: The Fed’s Inflation Goal: What Does the Public Know? [O]ne natural question...