Thursday: Unemployment Claims
From Binyamin Appelbaum at the NY Times: Fed Officials Reinforce Rate Outlook, but Seek FlexibilityThe minutes showed that the central bank was continuing to play...
Author : Calculated Risk
CBO Estimate: Budget Deficit declines to 2.8% of GDP
From the CBO: Monthly Budget Review for September 2014The federal government ran a budget deficit of $486 billion in fiscal year 2014, the Congressional Budget...
Wednesday: FOMC Minutes
From Zillow: 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates Fall Below 4%; Current Rate is 3.96%, According to Zillow Mortgage Rate TickerThe 30-year fixed mortgage rate on Zillow®...
Phoenix Real Estate in September: Sales down 1%, Cash Sales down Sharply, Inventory up 13%
This is a key distressed market to follow since Phoenix saw a large bubble / bust followed by strong investor buying.The Arizona Regional Multiple Listing...
Fed: Q2 Household Debt Service Ratio near Record Low
The Fed's Household Debt Service ratio through Q2 2014 was released today: Household Debt Service and Financial Obligations Ratios. I used to track this quarterly...
Goldman: The Housing Recovery Resumes
A few excerpts from a research note by Goldman Sachs economist David Mericle Housing: The Recovery ResumesOverall, the message from the broad housing data flow...
CoreLogic: House Prices up 6.4% Year-over-year in August
This CoreLogic House Price Index report is for August. The recent Case-Shiller index release was for July. The CoreLogic HPI is a three month weighted...
Tuesday: Job Openings
An international economic overview from Bonddad: International Week in Review: The Sky Is Not Falling, But the Calculus Has Changed. Excerpt:At times like this, gloom...
Fun: News IQ Quiz
My view is most people are busy with other aspects of their lives, but these results are still pretty disappointing ...From Jim Puzzanghera at the...
Fed’s Labor Market Conditions Index
The Fed staff has developed a labor market indicator that they call the Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI). From the Fed: Assessing the Change in...