Two more articles on QE3
From Merrill Lynch: Fed Chairman Bernanke expects to start tapering before year-end, provided momentum continues in the labor market. Bernanke has clarified his reaction function...
Author : Calculated Risk
Monday: Empire State Manufacturing, NAHB Homebuilder Confidence
Another FOMC meeting preview from Jon Hilsenrath and Phil Izzo at the WSJ: Forget Fed-Speak, Look for the Latest Growth View......
CoreLogic: Negative Equity Decreases in Q1 2013, 9.7 Million Properties still with Negative Equity
From CoreLogic: 9.7 Million Residential Properties with a Mortgage Still in Negative Equity CoreLogic ... today released new analysis showing approximately 850,000 more residential properties...
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. Below is another update...
Q1 2013: Mortgage Equity Withdrawal Strongly Negative
Note: This is not Mortgage Equity Withdrawal (MEW) data from the Fed. The last MEW data from Fed economist Dr. Kennedy was for Q4 2008....
Sunday Night Futures
An interesting...rticle from Nick Timiraos...t the WSJ: Housing's Up, but Is Foundation Sound? The housing-market recovery is here but there's... growing debate...mong bulls...nd bears over...
Housing: Watch Inventory
I've been watching for sale inventory very closely this year. My guess is inventory probably bottomed early this year. Inventory in many areas is still...
Graphs for Duration of Unemployment, Unemployment by Education and Diffusion Indexes
Graphs for Duration of Unemployment, Unemployment by Education and Diffusion Indexes by Bill McBride on 6/08/2013 06:25:00 PM Yesterday on the employment report: • May...
Employment Report Comments and more Graphs
Total nonfarm employment is up 2.115 million over...he 12 months, and up 946...housand so far in 2013 (a 2.27 million annual pace). Private employment is up...
May Employment Report: 175,000 Jobs, 7.6% Unemployment Rate
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 175,000 in May, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 7.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics...