by Calculated Risk on 1/19/2021 11:58:00 AM

A few indicators comparing four years ago and today ...

	Jan-17	Dec-20
Vehicle Sales1	16.7	16.4
Employment change2	10,364	-2,818
Unemployment Rate3	4.7%	6.7%
Participation Rate4	62.8%	61.5%
Housing Starts5	1,056	1,278
New Home Sales6	486	679
Mortgage Delinquency Rate7	6.1%	8.3%
Budget Deficit8	3.2%	16.0%
S&P 5009	2,269	3,790
1millions, SAAR (average previous 4 years) 2Thousands (over previous 4 years) 3Most Recent Month 4Most Recent Month 5Thousands, SAAR (average previous 4 years) 6Thousands, SAAR (average previous 4 years) 7Source: MBA, Quarterly including in-foreclosure (most recent quarter) 8Annual, fiscal 2016 vs. 2020 9Jan 20, 2017 vs Jan 19, 2021