May 2nd COVID Update: COVID Deaths Continue to Decline

found 2025 › May › 03 (Sat) @ 01:25 UTC

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Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.

<div>For deaths, I'm currently using 4 weeks ago for "now", since the most recent three weeks will be revised signi…

Heavy Truck Sales Mostly Unchanged YoY in April

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 19:02 UTC

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This graph shows heavy truck sales since 1967 using data from the BEA. The dashed line is the April 2025 seasonally adjusted annual sales rate (SAAR) of 505 thousand.

Heavy truck sales really collap…

April Employment Report: 177 thousand Jobs, 4.2% Unemployment Rate

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 14:21 UTC

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From the BLS: Employment Situation

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 177,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reporte…

Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims Increase to 241,000

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

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The DOL reported:

In the week ending April 26, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 241,000, an increase of 18,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week…

Construction Spending Decreased 0.5% in March

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

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From the Census Bureau reported that overall construction spending decreased:

Construction spending during March 2025 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2,196.1 billion, 0.5 perce…

Light Vehicles Sales "Beat the tariff" at 17.3 million SAAR in April

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

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Wards Auto released their estimate of light vehicle sales for April: Tariff-Induced Buying Pumps U.S. Light-Vehicle Sales for Second Month in April (pay site).

Tariff-related buying lifted sales over …

Personal Income increased 0.5% in March; Spending increased 0.7%

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 15:10 UTC

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The BEA released the Personal Income and Outlays report for March:

Personal income increased $116.8 billion (0.5 percent at a monthly rate) in March, according to estimates released today by the U.S…

MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 11:55 UTC

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From the MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey

Mortgage applications decreased 4.2 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (M…

Las Vegas in March: Visitor Traffic Down 7.8% YoY; Convention Traffic Up 10.2% YoY

found 2025 › Apr › 29 (Tue) @ 21:20 UTC

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From the Las Vegas Visitor Authority: March 2025 Las Vegas Visitor Statistics

With a slightly less‐packed event calendar and as‐yet unclear impacts of evolving federal policies rippling thru intern…

Case-Shiller: National House Price Index Up 3.9% year-over-year in February

found 2025 › Apr › 29 (Tue) @ 14:50 UTC

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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 individu…