The economy added 261,000 jobs in October, partly compensating for the poor performance of the previous…
Last week brought forth a variety of economic data that, for a change, were mostly favorable. For instance…
Data on September housing starts revealed the impact of the hurricanes that hit the mainland in South Texas…
Last week’s employment report provided a first glimpse at the impact of the two major hurricanes that hit…
Employers added 227,000 jobs in January. When this total is combined with the fact that government employees declined by 10,000, private employers actually added 237,000 jobs.
New Home Sales fell by 10% to an annual rate of 536 thousand homes in December. Existing Homes fell by a more modest 2.8% to a 5.49 million rate. Despite these declines, sales in December were above prior year levels. Sales for existing homes were 6% higher…