On Friday at 8:30 AM ET, the BLS will release the employment report for April. The consensus is for 210,000 jobs added, and for the unemployment rate to be unchanged at 3.8%. There were 303,000...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/05/april-employment-preview.html
WHAT THIS MEANS: On a weekly basis, Realtor.com reports the year-over-year change in active inventory and new listings. On a monthly basis, they report total inventory. For April, Realtor.com rep...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/05/realtorcom-reports-active-inventory-up.html
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Lawler: Update on Mortgage Rates and Spreads and also New / Renewal Rents A brief excerpt: > As I’ve written about before, that ...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/05/lawler-update-on-mortgage-rates-and.html
The Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported : > The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis > announced today that THE GOODS AND SERVICES...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/05/trade-deficit-at-694-billion-in-march.html
The DOL reported : > In the week ending April 27, the advance figure for SEASONALLY > ADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS WAS 208,000, unchanged from the previous > week's revised lev...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/05/weekly-initial-unemployment-claims-at.html
Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios. Thursday: • At 8:30 AM ET, The INITIAL WEEKLY UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS report will be released. The consens...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/05/thursday-unemployment-claims-trade.html
Wards Auto released their estimate of light vehicle sales for April: U.S. Light-Vehicle Sales Trudge Along with Tepid Growth in April (pay site). > Affordability continued to dominate the...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/05/vehicles-sales-increase-to-157-million.html
From the Census Bureau reported that overall construction spending increased: > Construction spending during March 2024 was estimated at a > seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/05/construction-spending-decreased-02-in.html
FOMC Statement: > Recent indicators suggest that economic activity has continued to > expand at a solid pace. Job gains have remained strong, and the > unemployment rate...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/05/fomc-statement-no-change-to-fed-funds.html
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Freddie Mac House Price Index Increased in March; Up 6.6% Year-over-year A brief excerpt: > On a year-over-year basis, the National...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/05/freddie-mac-house-price-index-increased.html
From the BLS: Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary > THE NUMBER OF JOB OPENINGS CHANGED LITTLE AT 8.5 MILLION on the last > business day of March, the U.S. Bureau of L...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/05/bls-job-openings-decreased-to-85.html
(Posted with permission). The ISM manufacturing index indicated expansion. The PMI® was at 49.2% in April, down from 50.3% in March. The employment index was at 48.6%, up from 47.4% the previous...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/05/ism-manufacturing-index-decreased-to.html
From ADP: ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 192,000 Jobs in April; Annual Pay was Up 5.0% > PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT INCREASED BY 192,000 JOBS IN ...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/05/adp-private-employment-increased-192000.html
From the MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey > Mortgage applications decreased 2.3 percent from one week earlier, > according to data from the Mortgag...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/05/mba-mortgage-applications-decreased-in.html
Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios. Wednesday: • At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the MORT...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/04/wednesday-fomc-announcement-adp.html
The Census Bureau released the Residential Vacancies and Homeownership report for Q1 2024 today. THE RESULTS OF THIS SURVEY WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DISTORTED BY THE PANDEMIC IN 2020. This report i...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/04/hvs-q1-2024-homeownership-and-vacancy.html
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Case-Shiller: National House Price Index Up 6.4% year-over-year in February; FHFA: House Prices Increased in February, up 7.0% YoY Excerpt...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/04/comments-on-february-house-prices-fhfa.html
S&P/Case-Shiller released the monthly Home Price Indices for February ("February" is a 3-month average of December, January and February closing prices). This release includes prices for 20 in...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/04/case-shiller-national-house-price-index.html
From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Sideways to Slightly Lower to Start New Week > Mortgage rates didn't change much at all over the weekend with the > aver...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/04/tuesday-case-shiller-house-prices.html
The BEA released the underlying details for the Q1 advance GDP report on Friday. The BEA reported that investment in non-residential structures decreased at a 0.1% annual pace in Q1. CLIC...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/04/q1-2024-gdp-details-on-residential-and.html
From STR: U.S. hotel results for week ending 20 April > U.S. hotel performance showed mixed results from the previous week, > according to CoStar’s latest data through 20 A...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/04/hotels-occupancy-rate-decreased-03-year.html
During the early stages of the pandemic, energy expenditures as a percentage of PCE hit an all-time low of 3.3% of PCE. Then energy expenditures increased to 2018 levels by the end of 2021. With...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/04/energy-expenditures-as-percentage-of-pce.html
Altos reports that active single-family inventory was up 2.5% week-over-week. Inventory bottomed in mid-February this year, as opposed to mid-April in 2023, and inventory is now up 12.6% from th...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/04/housing-april-29th-weekly-update.html
Weekend: • Schedule for Week of April 28, 2024 Monday: • At 10:30 AM ET, DALLAS FED SURVEY OF MANUFACTURING ACTIVITY for April. From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures S&P 5...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/04/sunday-night-futures_28.html
WHAT THIS MEANS: On a weekly basis, Realtor.com reports the year-over-year change in active inventory and new listings. On a monthly basis, they report total inventory. For March, Realtor.com rep...
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2024/04/realtorcom-reports-active-inventory-up_28.html