Saturday, July 20, 2019

Schedule for Week of July 21, 2019

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The key reports this week are the advance estimate of Q2 GDP, and June New and Existing Home Sales. For manufacturing, the July Richmond a...
Friday, July 19, 2019

Lawler: Early Read on Existing Home Sales in June

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From housing economist Tom Lawler: Early Read on Existing Home Sales in June Based on publicly-available local realtor/MLS reports release...

Q2 GDP Forecasts: 1.4% to 2.3%

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From Merrill Lynch: Strong retail sales in June boosted our 2Q GDP tracking by 0.6pp to 2.3% qoq saar . [July 19 estimate] emphasis added...

BLS: June Unemployment rates at New Series Lows in Alabama, Arkansas, New Jersey, and Texas

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From the BLS: Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary Unemployment rates were lower in June in 6 states and stable in 44 st...
Thursday, July 18, 2019

California Bay Area Home Sales Decline 4.7% YoY in Q2, Inventory up 11% YoY

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From Compass chief economist Selma Hepp: How did the spur of IPOs impact Bay Area housing markets? • Higher-end sales surged. While the to...

NMHC: Apartment Market Tightness Index Increased in July

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The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) released their July report: July NMHC Quarterly Survey Finds Strong Ongoing Demand The end...

Sacramento Housing in June: Sales Down 13.6% YoY, Active Inventory DOWN 11% YoY

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From SacRealtor.org: June sales price inches towards August 2005 high June closed with 1,527 total sales, a 6.3% [decrease] from the 1,630...

Philly Fed Mfg "Current Manufacturing Indicators Suggest Continued Growth in July"

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From the Philly Fed: July 2019 Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey Manufacturing conditions in the region showed improvement this month...

Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increased to 216,000

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The DOL reported : In the week ending July 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 216,000 , an increase of 8,00...
Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Thursday: Unemployment Claims, Philly Fed Mfg Survey

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Thursday: • At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released.  The consensus is for 214 thousand initial clai...