Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Chemical Activity Barometer "Chemical Activity Barometer Stabilizes"

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Here is an indicator that I'm following that appears to be a leading indicator for industrial production. From the American Chemistry ...

Real Prices and Price-to-Rent Ratio in September

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Here is the earlier post on Case-Shiller: Case-Shiller: National House Price Index increased 4.9% year-over-year in September The year-ove...

Case-Shiller: National House Price Index increased 4.9% year-over-year in September

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S&P/Case-Shiller released the monthly Home Price Indices for September ("September" is a 3 month average of July, August and ...

Q3 GDP Revised Up to 2.1% Annual Rate

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From the BEA: Gross Domestic Product: Third Quarter 2015 (Second Estimate) Real gross domestic product -- the value of the goods and servi...
Monday, November 23, 2015

Tuesday: GDP, Case-Shiller House Prices

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A couple of people were too kind today: From Paul Krugman: Shorts Subject Last night I was invited to a screening of The Big Short, whic...

Kolko: "Why Millennials Still Live With Their Parents"

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Some excellent research from Jed Kolko: Why Millennials Still Live With Their Parents This morning the Census reported that more young adu...

A Few Random Comments on October Existing Home Sales

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Earlier: Existing Home Sales in October: 5.36 million SAAR I expected some increase in inventory this year, but that hasn't happened. ...

Existing Home Sales in October: 5.36 million SAAR

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From the NAR: Existing-Home Sales Dial Back in October Total existing-home sales, which are completed transactions that include single-fam...

Chicago Fed: "Index shows economic growth improved in October"

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The Chicago Fed released the national activity index (a composite index of other indicators): Index shows economic growth improved in Octobe...
Sunday, November 22, 2015

Monday: Existing Home Sales

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An excerpt from a Tim Duy piece at Fed Watch: Mission Accomplished Bottom Line: The Fed is set to declare “Mission Accomplished” at the ne...