Calculated Risk

Earlier: Housing Starts increased to 1.669 Million Annual Rate in December Total housing starts in December were above expectations, and s...

From the Census Bureau: Permits, Starts and Completions Housing Starts: Privately-owned housing starts in December were at a seasonally a...

The DOL reported : In the week ending January 16, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 900,000 , a decrease of 26...

Thursday: • At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released.  The consensus is for a decrease to 910 thousan...

Note: Bloomberg has great data on vaccinations . "Vaccinations in the U.S. began Dec. 14 with health-care workers, and so far 17.2 mill...

Note: This index is a leading indicator primarily for new Commercial Real Estate (CRE) investment. From the AIA: Architecture Billings con...

Note: The expansion to the Panama Canal was completed in 2016 (As I noted a few years ago ), and some of the traffic that used the ports of...

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported the housing market index (HMI) was at 83, down from 86 in December. Any number ab...

From the MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey Mortgage applications decreased 1.9 percent from one week earlier...

Wednesday: • At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index . ...