Friday: Personal Income & Outlays

found 2024 › Dec › 20 (Fri) @ 07:03 UTC

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

Friday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, Personal Income and Outlays for November. The consensus is for a 0.4% increase in perso…

NAR: Existing-Home Sales Increased to 4.15 million SAAR in November

found 2024 › Dec › 19 (Thu) @ 17:58 UTC

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From the NAR: Existing-Home Sales Elevated 4.8% in November; Post Strongest Year-Over-Year Increase Since June 2021

Existing-home sales grew in November, according to the National Association of Realt…

Housing Starts Decreased to 1.289 million Annual Rate in November

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 21:00 UTC

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Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Housing Starts Decreased to 1.289 million Annual Rate in November

A brief excerpt:

Total housing starts in November were below expectations, howe…

FOMC Projections

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 21:00 UTC

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Statement here.

Fed Chair Powell press conference video here or on YouTube here, starting at 2:30 PM ET.

Here are the projections. Since the last projections were released, economic growth has bee…

Retail Sales Increased 0.7% in November

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 13:45 UTC

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On a monthly basis, retail sales increased 0.7% from October to November (seasonally adjusted), and sales were up 3.8 percent from November 2023.

From the Census Bureau report:

Advance estimates of …

FOMC Preview: Fed to Cut Rates 25bp

found 2024 › Dec › 16 (Mon) @ 07:39 UTC

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Most analysts expect the FOMC will cut the federal funds rate at the meeting this week by 25bp lowering the target range to 4 1/4 to 4 1/2 percent. However, most market participants now expect the …

Schedule for Week of December 15, 2024

found 2024 › Dec › 14 (Sat) @ 20:13 UTC

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The key economic reports this week are Retail Sales, Housing Starts, Existing Home Sales, the 3rd estimate of Q3 GDP, and November Personal income and outlays.

For manufacturing, November Industrial…

Part 2: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-December 2024

found 2024 › Dec › 13 (Fri) @ 19:43 UTC

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Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Part 2: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-December 2024

A brief excerpt:

Earlier this week, in Part 1: Current State of the H…

Realtor.com Reports Active Inventory Up 23.5% YoY

found 2024 › Dec › 13 (Fri) @ 07:42 UTC

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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 November, Realtor.com re…

CPI Preview

found 2024 › Dec › 12 (Thu) @ 05:52 UTC

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The Consumer Price Index for November is scheduled to be released tomorrow. The consensus is for a 0.3% increase in CPI, and a 0.3% increase in core CPI. The consensus is for CPI to be up 2.7% year…