February 2016: Unofficial Problem Bank list declines to 228 Institutions
This is an unofficial list of Problem Banks compiled only from public sources.Here is the unofficial problem bank list for February 2016. Changes and comments...
Author : Calculated Risk
Schedule for Week of February 28, 2016
The key report this week is the February employment report on Friday.Other key indicators include February vehicle sales, the February ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing indexes,...
Freddie Mac: Mortgage Serious Delinquency rate increased slightly in January
Freddie Mac reported that the Single-Family serious delinquency rate increased in January to 1.33% from 1.32% in December. Freddie's rate is down from 1.86% in...
Earlier: February Consumer Sentiment at 91.7
The University of Michigan consumer sentiment index for February was at 91.7, up from the preliminary reading of 90.7, and down from 92.0 in January:...
Personal Income increased 0.5% in January, Spending increased 0.5%
The BEA released the Personal Income and Outlays report for January: Personal income increased $79.6 billion, or 0.5 percent ... in January, according to the...
Friday: GDP, Personal Income and Outlays, Consumer Sentiment
Some interesting analysis from Romer and Romer: According to an analysis by Gerald Friedman, Senator Sanders’s proposed policies would result in average annual output growth...
A comment on the Labor Force Participation Rate
Yesterday I was a guest on Bloomberg's What'd You Miss? talking about housing. One of the earlier guests was Professor J.W. Mason discussing the labor...
Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increase to 272,000
The DOL reported:In the week ending February 20, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 272,000, an increase of 10,000 from the previous...
Thursday: Unemployment Claims, Durable Goods
Thursday:• At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for 270 thousand initial claims, up from 262...
Vehicle Sales Forecast: Sales to Reach 15-Year High for a February
The automakers will report February vehicle sales on Tuesday, March 1st.Note: There were 24 selling days in February, unchanged from 24 in February 2015.From WardsAuto:...