January 19th COVID Update: COVID in Wastewater Decreasing

found 2025 › Jan › 18 (Sat) @ 06:57 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…

Housing Starts Increased to 1.499 million Annual Rate in December

found 2025 › Jan › 17 (Fri) @ 20:54 UTC

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From the Census Bureau: Permits, Starts and Completions

Housing Starts:
Privately-owned housing starts in December were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,499,000. This is 15.8 percent above …

Industrial Production Increased 0.9% in December

found 2025 › Jan › 17 (Fri) @ 20:54 UTC

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Earlier from the Fed: Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization

Industrial Production (IP) increased 0.9 percent in December after moving up 0.2 percent in November. In December, gains in the ou…

Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims Increase to 217,000

found 2025 › Jan › 16 (Thu) @ 16:04 UTC

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The DOL reported:

In the week ending January 11, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 217,000, an increase of 14,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous we…

Retail Sales Increased 0.4% in December

found 2025 › Jan › 16 (Thu) @ 16:04 UTC

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On a monthly basis, retail sales increased 0.4% from November to December (seasonally adjusted), and sales were up 3.9 percent from December 2023.

From the Census Bureau report:

Advance estimates of…

NAHB: Builder Confidence "Edges Up" in January

found 2025 › Jan › 16 (Thu) @ 16:04 UTC

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The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported the housing market index (HMI) was at 47, up from 46 last month. Any number below 50 indicates that more builders view sales conditions as p…

Can Labour fix the broken NHS? – Politics Weekly UK

found 2025 › Jan › 16 (Thu) @ 06:46 UTC

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With A&E departments at breaking point and the NHS on its knees, what is the government doing to repair the health service? Will it be enough? John Harris hears from an emergency medicine doctor abou…

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

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 18:55 UTC

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<div>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 December. The 16% trimmed-me…

Dr Seuss hats and a bison standoff – readers’ best photos

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 16:16 UTC

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YoY Measures of Inflation: Services, Goods and Shelter

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 15:08 UTC

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Here are a few measures of inflation:

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