MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest Weekly Survey
Mortgage applications increased 3.1 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week...
Author : Calculated Risk
NY Fed Q3 Report: “Total Household Debt Increases, Delinquency Rates of Several Debt Types Continue Rising”
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data today issued its Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit, which reported that total...
Wednesday: Retail Sales, NY Fed Mfg Survey
Wednesday:• At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.• At 8:30 AM, Retail sales...
LA area Port Traffic: Imports increased YoY, Exports decreased YoY in October
Container traffic gives us an idea about the volume of goods being exported and imported - and usually some hints about the trade report since...
A few random thoughts on Taxes
A few random thoughts ...Income and corporate taxes are just part of the tax system. Americans pay a wide variety of taxes. These include sales,...
NFIB: Small Business Optimism Index “inches up” in October
From the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB): Small Business Optimism Index inches up in October in October The October Index rose to 103.8, up...
“Mortgage Rates Sideways to Slightly Higher”
From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Sideways to Slightly Higher Mortgage rates were unchanged to slightly higher today, keeping them in line...
A few comments on the Seasonal Pattern for House Prices
CR Note: This is a repeat of earlier posts with updated graphs.A few key points:1) There is a clear seasonal pattern for house prices.2) The...
U.S. Heavy Truck Sales up Year-over-year in October
The following graph shows heavy truck sales since 1967 using data from the BEA. The dashed line is the October 2017 seasonally adjusted annual sales...
Sunday Night Futures
Weekend:• Schedule for Week of Nov 12, 2017Monday:• No major economic releases scheduled.From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures: S&P 500 are up 4, and...