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23 May 2011
Obama Administration’s Housing Scorecard
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury recently released the April edition of the Obama Administration’s Housing Scorecard—a comprehensive report on the nation’s housing market. Read More...
27 February 2010
Economic Activity for the week
This morning's GDP revision for the 4th quarter came in a little higher or stronger than last month's previous estimate of 5.7%. Today's release showed a 5.9% rate of growth, meaning economic activity was stronger than many had thought . This Read More...
23 November 2009
Forecast for the Week:11/23/2009
It may be a shortened work week due to the Thanksgiving holiday, but there will still be plenty of action in store. Both Monday's Existing Home Sales Report and Wednesday's New Home Sales Report will give us a read on the housing market. With Read More...
28 September 2009
Forecast::Week of Monday 9/28/2009
There are several important economic reports in store for this week, the biggest likely being Friday's Jobs Report for September . The Jobs Report for August showed a troublesome 216,000 jobs lost for the month , with prior months revised to show Read More...
21 September 2009
Forecast for the Week 09/21/2009
This week is chock full of economic news for the market to digest. First, we'll hear from the Fed with the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy statement and interest rate decision to be released after their upcoming meeting ends on Wednesday. Read More...
20 August 2009
Forecast for the Week::August 19,2009
While there will be a break in the Fed Treasury auctions this week, there will still be plenty of news that could affect the markets. Tuesday will bring more inflation news in the form of the Producer Price Index (PPI), which provides information about Read More...
10 August 2009
::Forecast for the Week::August 10,2009
The Retail Sales Report comes out this Thursday, giving us our first picture of consumer spending for the month of July. Last month's report came in better than expectations at 0.6%, but that number was slightly skewed by the high gasoline station Read More...