Thursday, January 12, 2017

Lawler: New “Household” Numbers, Same Old Conundrum

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From housing economist Tom Lawler: New “Household” Numbers, Same Old Conundrum Housing Survey (AHS) for 2015, and the “Families and Living...

Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increase to 247,000

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The DOL reported : In the week ending January 7, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 247,000, an increase of 10,...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

CNBC's Liesman: Trump's colossal error on jobs during his press conference

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From CNBC's Steve Liesman: Donald Trump's colossal error on jobs during his press conference Trump said that there "are 96 mi...

Phoenix Real Estate in December: Sales up 6%, Inventory down 3%

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This is a key housing market to follow since Phoenix saw a large bubble and bust, followed by strong investor buying. The Arizona Regional...

Question #3 for 2017: Will job creation slow further in 2017?

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Late last year I posted some questions for 2017: Ten Economic Questions for 2017 . I'll try to add some thoughts, and maybe some predict...

MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest Weekly Survey

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From the MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey Mortgage applications increased 5.8 percent from one week earlier...
Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Thoma: "Here's what really caused the housing crisis"

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An excellent overview from Professor Mark Thoma: Here's what really caused the housing crisis . Excerpt: As the author of the researc...

Question #4 for 2017: What will the unemployment rate be in December 2017?

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Late last year I posted some questions for 2017: Ten Economic Questions for 2017 . I'll try to add some thoughts, and maybe some predict...

NFIB: Small Business Optimism Index increases in December

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Earlier from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB): Small Business Optimism Skyrocketed in December Small business optimi...

BLS: Job Openings "little changed" in November

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From the BLS: Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary The number of job openings was little changed at 5.5 million on the last business d...