Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Industrial Production Unchanged in June

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From the Fed: Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization Industrial production was unchanged in June , as increases for both manufactu...

Retail Sales increased 0.4% in June

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On a monthly basis, retail sales increased 0.4 percent from May to June (seasonally adjusted), and sales were up 3.4 percent from June 2018....
Monday, July 15, 2019

Tuesday: Retail Sales, Industrial Production, Homebuilder Survey, Fed Chair Powell

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From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Little-Changed Despite Bond Market Gains Mortgage rates were mostly flat to beg...

House Prices and Median Household Income

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One of the metrics we'd like to follow is a ratio of house prices to incomes. Unfortunately most income data is released with a signific...

Ten Years Ago: The Sluggish Recovery Began

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Note: This is the 15th year I've been writing this blog.  Sometimes it is fun to look back, especially at turning points.  Starting in J...

NY Fed: Manufacturing "Business activity rebounded modestly in New York State"

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From the NY Fed: Empire State Manufacturing Survey Manufacturing firms in New York State reported that business activity grew modestly in...
Sunday, July 14, 2019

Sunday Night Futures

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Weekend: • Schedule for Week of July 14, 2019 Monday: • At 8:30 AM, The New York Fed Empire State manufacturing survey for July. The c...

30 Year Mortgage Rates increase to 4.0%

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From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Highest Mortgage Rates in More Than 3 Weeks Mortgage rates moved decisively higher this week a...
Saturday, July 13, 2019

Schedule for Week of July 14, 2019

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The key reports this week are June housing starts and retail sales. For manufacturing, the Industrial Production report and the July New Y...
Friday, July 12, 2019

Q2 Review: Ten Economic Questions for 2019

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At the end of last year, I posted Ten Economic Questions for 2019 . I followed up with a brief post on each question. The goal was to prov...