Fed's Flow of Funds: Household Net Worth Increased $0.2 Trillion in Q4

found 2025 › Mar › 13 (Thu) @ 19:14 UTC

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The Federal Reserve released the Q4 2024 Flow of Funds report today: Financial Accounts of the United States.

The net worth of households and nonprofits rose to $169.4 trillion during the fourth qu…

Urban decay and camel rides – readers’ best photos

found 2025 › Mar › 12 (Wed) @ 20:21 UTC

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Cleveland Fed: Median CPI increased 0.3% and Trimmed-mean CPI increased 0.3% in February

found 2025 › Mar › 12 (Wed) @ 20:21 UTC

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The Cleveland Fed released the median CPI and the trimmed-mean CPI.

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, the median Consumer Price Index rose 0.3% in February. The 16% trimmed-mean Co…

MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey

found 2025 › Mar › 12 (Wed) @ 14:22 UTC

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

Mortgage applications increased 11.2 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s …

YoY Measures of Inflation: Services, Goods and Shelter

found 2025 › Mar › 12 (Wed) @ 14:22 UTC

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Here are a few measures of inflation:

The first graph is the one Fed Chair Powell had mentioned two years ago when services less rent of shelter was up around 8% year-over-year. This declined, but …

Lawler: Some Observations on the Federal Reserve’s Balance Sheet Wind-Down and Reinvestment “Strategy” (Still in Quantitative Easing Mode, Just Less So)

found 2025 › Mar › 12 (Wed) @ 07:45 UTC

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From housing economist Tom Lawler:

From the beginning of 2020 to early June of 2022 the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet more than doubled to an almost inconceivable $8.9 trillion, with almost all of…

BLS: Job Openings Increased to 7.7 million in January

found 2025 › Mar › 11 (Tue) @ 19:02 UTC

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From the BLS: Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary

The number of job openings was little changed at 7.7 million in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires held at 5.4 …

AAR: Rail Carloads Down YoY in February, Intermodal Up

found 2025 › Mar › 10 (Mon) @ 22:02 UTC

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From the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Rail Time Indicators. Graphs and excerpts reprinted with permission.

Uncertainty shapes economic cycles — fueling booms, triggering busts, and driv…

Housing March 10th Weekly Update: Inventory up 0.5% Week-over-week, Up 28.3% Year-over-year

found 2025 › Mar › 10 (Mon) @ 12:54 UTC

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Altos reports that active single-family inventory was up 0.5% week-over-week.
Inventory is now up 2.9% from the seasonal bottom eight weeks ago in January and should start increasing significantly i…

Real Estate Newsletter Articles this Week: Property Insurance Costs Rose at a Record Rate in 2024

found 2025 › Mar › 09 (Sun) @ 08:57 UTC

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At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week:

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• ICE Mortgage Monitor: Property Insurance Costs Rose at a Record Rate in 2024

• Fannie and Freddie: Singl…