Unofficial Problem Bank list declines to 432 Institutions
This is an unofficial list of Problem Banks compiled only from public sources.Here is the unofficial problem bank list for Sept 26, 2014. Changes and...
Author : Calculated Risk
Trivial: Bill Gross and Yoga in 2007
Several years ago, I occasionally attended the same yoga class as former PIMCO CIO Bill Gross. In June 2007 (a few months before the recession...
Merrill and Nomura Forecasts for September Non-Farm Payrolls
The September employment report will be released next Friday, October 3rd, and the consensus is that 200 thousand payroll jobs were added in September and...
Final September Consumer Sentiment at 84.6
Click on graph for larger image.The final Reuters / University of Michigan consumer sentiment index for September was at 84.6, unchanged from the preliminary reading...
Q2 GDP Revised Up to 4.6% Annual Rate
From the BEA: Gross Domestic Product: Second Quarter 2014 (Third Estimate) Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor...
Friday: Revised Q2 GDP, Consumer Sentiment
From Merrill Lynch:We look for 2Q GDP growth to be revised up yet again, likely by another 0.6pp bringing GDP growth to 4.8% qoq saar....
Lawler on ACS: Sharp Slowdown in Household Growth in 2013 Mainly Attributable to Fewer Folks Living Alone, Big Increases in “Doubling (and more) Up
From housing economist Tom Lawler:ACS: Sharp Slowdown in Household Growth in 2013 Mainly Attributable to Fewer Folks Living Alone, Big Increases in “Doubling (and more)...
Vehicle Sales Forecasts: Over 16 Million SAAR again in September
The automakers will report September vehicle sales on Wednesday, Oct 1st. Sales in August were at 17.45 million on a seasonally adjusted annual rate basis...
CoreLogic: “Nearly 950,000 homes returned to positive equity in the second quarter of 2014”
From CoreLogic: CoreLogic Reports 946,000 Residential Properties Regained $1 Trillion in Total Equity in Q2 2014 CoreLogic ... today released new analysis showing nearly 950,000...
Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increase to 293,000
The DOL reports:In the week ending September 20, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 293,000, an increase of 12,000 from the previous...