Friday, May 27, 2016

Q1 GDP Revised Up to 0.8% Annual Rate

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From the BEA: Gross Domestic Product: First Quarter 2015 (Second Estimate) Real gross domestic product -- the value of the goods and servi...
Thursday, May 26, 2016

Friday: GDP, Yellen

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A few excerpts from a research piece by Ethan Harris at Merrill Lynch: Fed Watch: June, July or September? It is now clear that June is ve...

Vehicle Sales Forecasts: Sales to be Over 17 Million SAAR in May

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The automakers will report May vehicle sales on Wednesday, June 1st. Note:  There were 24 selling days in May, down from 26 in May 2015. ...

Kansas City Fed: Regional Manufacturing Activity "declined modestly" in May

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From the Kansas City Fed: Tenth District Manufacturing Activity Declined Modestly The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City released the May...

NAR: Pending Home Sales Index increased 5.1% in April, up 4.6% year-over-year

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From the NAR: Pending Home Sales Lift Off in April to Over 10-Year High Pending home sales rose for the third consecutive month in April a...

Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decrease to 268,000

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The DOL reported : In the week ending May 21, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 268,000, a decrease of 10,000 ...
Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Thursday: Unemployment Claims, Durable Goods, Pending Home Sales

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Thursday: • At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released.  The consensus is for 275 thousand initial clai...

Philly Fed: State Coincident Indexes increased in 39 states in April

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From the Philly Fed : he Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has released the coincident indexes for the 50 states for April 2016. In the...

Lawler: Table of Distressed Sales and All Cash Sales for Selected Cities in April

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Economist Tom Lawler sent me the table below of short sales, foreclosures and all cash sales for selected cities in April. On distressed: ...

FHFA: House Prices increased 0.7% in March, New Zip Code HPI Data

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From the FHFA: U.S. House Prices Rise 1.3 Percent in First Quarter; 19 Consecutive Quarterly Increases U.S. house prices rose 1.3 percent ...