Summary for Week ending January 25th
This was a light week for economic data. The housing data - new and existing home sales - appeared a little weak in December, but...
Author : Calculated Risk
Zillow forecasts Case-Shiller House Price index to increase 5.3% Year-over-year for November
Zillow Forecast: November Case-Shiller Composite-20 Expected to Show 5.3% Increase from One Year Ago On [Tuesday] January 29th, the Case-Shiller Composite Home Price Indices for...
WSJ: “Six Housing Forecasters Who Got Things Right in 2012”
From Nick Timiraos at the WSJ: Six Housing Forecasters Who Got Things Right in 2012 A few analysts, of course, did offer housing forecasts at...
New Home Sales at 369,000 SAAR in December
The Census Bureau reports New Home...les in December were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 369 thousand. This was down from a revised...
U.K. Economy Shrinks Again
From the WSJ: U.K. Economy Shrinks The U.K. economy shrank in the final quarter of 2012, leaving Britain at risk of entering its third recession...
Friday: New Home Sales
First, from Michelle Meyer at Merrill Lynch: Tale of the missing homes One of the key developments for the housing market in 2012 was a...
Forecast: Solid Auto Sales in January
Edmunds.com ... forecasts that 1,045,587 new cars and trucks will be sold in the U.S. in January for an estimated Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR)...
Kansas City Fed: Regional Manufacturing Contracted Modestly in January
From the Kansas City Fed: Tenth District Manufacturing Survey Contracted Modestly The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City released the January Manufacturing Survey today. According...
Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims Decline to 330,000
The DOL reports: In the week ending January 19, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 330,000, a decrease... 5,000 from the previous...
Thursday: Unemployment Claims
From Alejandro Lazo and Andrew Khouri at the LA Times: Number of homes entering foreclosure drops 22.1% to six-year low California's foreclosure crisis eased considerably...