Category Archives: Economic Indicators

February Existing Home Sales +2.9% but Prices Still Falling

(March 24, 2008) – The NAR released the February Existing Home Sales report this morning, showing that sales of existing homes increased 2.9% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.03 million units in February, but remain 23.8% below the … Continue reading

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Initial Claims +22,000

(March 20, 2008) – This week’s initial unemployment claims number is about as exciting as kissing your sister. (Well, maybe except for Angelina Jolie’s brother–those lips are huge!) Initial claims numbers bobbing around in this range tell us what we … Continue reading

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