The Department of Commerce reported: [T]otal June exports of $195.9 billion and imports of $237.4 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $41.5...
Thanks to a rapidly aging population, record numbers of Japanese homes sit vacant according to the July 30, 2014 Asian Review report Vacant Homes in...
The recent Case-Shiller index release was for May. The CoreLogic HPI is a three month weighted average and is not seasonally adjusted (NSA). From CoreLogic:...
Paying for unproductive friction with borrowed money has generated the illusion that free to me is actually free–it isn’t. We all understand how friction slows...
Black Knight Financial Services (BKFS, formerly the LPS Data & Analytics division) released their Mortgage Monitor report for June today. According to BKFS, 5.70% of...
By request, here is an update on an earlier post through the July employment report. Important: There are many differences between these periods. Overall employment...