Preliminary January Consumer Sentiment declines to 71.3
Click on graph for larger image. The preliminary Reuters / University of Michigan consumer sentiment index for January declined to 71.3 from the December reading of...
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Friday: Consumer Sentiment, State Employment
First from Merrill Lynch on more mortgage credit: "Housing heats up" [W]e believe recent developments on mortgage policy and mortgage servicing could lead to loosening...
Lawler: 2012 “Surprises” in Housing and 2013 Forecast
CR note: Economist Tom Lawler's forecasts for 2012 were very close (see: Lawler: Housing Forecast for 2012). Here is what Tom wrote on January 16,...
Some Comments on Housing Starts
Some Comments on Housing Starts by Bill McBride on 1/17/2013 03:31:00 PM A few key points: • Housing starts increased 28.1% in 2012 (initial estimate)....
Philly Fed Manufacturing Survey Shows Contraction in January
Catching up ... earlier from the Philly Fed: January Manufacturing Survey Manufacturing...ivity declined moderately this month, according to firms responding to the January Business Outlook...
CoreLogic: Negative Equity Decreases in Q3 2012
CoreLogic: Negative Equity Decreases in Q3 2012 by Bill McBride on.../17/2013...1:01:00 AM From CoreLogic: CORELOGIC® Reports....4 Million Borrowers Returned to "Positive Equity" Year to Date...
Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decline to 335,000
The DOL reports: In the week ending January 12, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was...35,000, a decrease of...7,000 from the previous week's...
Housing Starts increase sharply to 954 thousand SAAR in December
From the Census Bureau: Permits, Starts and Completions Housing Starts: Privately-owned housing starts in December were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 954,000. This...
Thursday: Housing Starts, Unemployment Claims, Philly Fed Mfg Survey
James Hamilton quotes several economists (Republican and Democrat): Debt-ceiling economics and politics. Hamilton concludes: The real purpose of the debt ceiling is political-- it gives...
Key Measures show low inflation in December
The Cleveland Fed released the median CPI and the trimmed-mean CPI this morning: According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, the median Consumer Price...