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Monday, April 01
In the News--------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city housing price index - on a non-seasonally adjusted basis - rose 0.1% in January after a 0.2% increase in December. On a year-over-year basis, prices rose 8.1%...
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Thursday, March 21
In the NewsRetail sales rose 1.1% to $421.4 billion in February. This follows a 0.2% increase in January. Compared to February 2012, retail sales have increased 4.6%.Consumer prices rose 0.7% in February, following a flat reading in January. Compared to February 2012, consumer prices have ris...
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Monday, February 25
In the News --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Existing home sales rose 0.4% in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.92 million units from 4.90 million units in December. Compared to a year ago, existing home sales were up 9.1% in Janu...
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Tuesday, February 19
In the News -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Retail sales rose 0.1% to $416.6 billion in January. This follows a 0.5% increase in December. Compared to January 2012, retail sales have increased 4.4%.The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seas...
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Tuesday, February 12
In the News -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Factory orders rose $8.6 billion or 1.8% in December to a seasonally adjusted $484.8 billion. This follows a 0.3% decrease in November. Excluding the volatile transportation sector, orders increased 0...
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Tuesday, January 29
In the News -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- According to the U.S. Census Bureau, an estimated 367,000 new homes were sold in 2012. This is 19.9% above the 2011 figure of 306,000.Existing home sales fell 1% in December to a seasonally adjusted a...