Earlier I mentioned I wasn’t sure if the unemployment benefit extension would pass - it looks like it will pass tomorrow. The WSJ reports Senate Set to Extend Jobless Benefits On Tuesday, Democrats are likely to get the 60 votes they need to extend the benefits through November.
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The NAR reports: Existing-Home Sales Rise Existing-home sales, which are completed transactions that include single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, rose 6.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.35 million units in March from 5.01 million in February, and are 16.1 percent above the 4.61 million-unit level in March 2009. …
The NAR reports: February Existing-Home Sales Ease with Mixed Conditions Around the Country Existing-home, which are finalized transactions that include single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, slipped 0.6 percent nationally to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.02 million units in February from 5.05 million in January, but are 7.0 percent higher than the 4.69 million-unit pace in February 2009. … Total housing inventory at the end of February rose 9.5 percent to 3.59 million existing homes available for sale, which represents an 8.6-month supply at the current sales pace, up from a 7.8-month supply in January.
The Census Bureau reports : [T]otal December exports of $142.7 billion and imports of $182.9 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $40.2 billion, up from $36.4 billion in November, revised. December exports were $4.6 billion more than November exports of $138.1 billion. December imports were $8.4 billion more than November imports of $174.5 billion.
Another example of the Chinese government’s unreliable public relations is its claim to have shut down one of the largest hacker operations in the country–in November. The announcement was made today, at least two months after the action took place. The Wall Street Journal reports ”the business, known as Black Hawk Safety Net, operated through the now-shuttered [[ This is a content summary only.
By Max Fisher of The Atlantic Wire When President Obama traveled to China in November, currency policy was among the most-discussed issues.
Earlier I posted the Freddie Mac delinquency graph. And here is the monthly Fannie Mae hockey stick graph ..
Case-Shiller released the November house price index this morning and most news reports focused on the small decrease, not seasonally adjusted (NSA), from October to November. As I noted earlier , the seasonally adjusted (SA) data showed a small price increase from October to November
From the American Trucking Association: ATA Truck Tonnage Index Jumped 2.1 Percent in December Click on graph for slightly larger image in new window. The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index climbed 2.1 percent in December , following a 2.6 percent increase in November
The NAR reports: December Existing-Home Sales Down but Prices Rise; 2009 Sales Up Existing-home sales – including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – fell 16.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.45 million units in December from 6.54 million in November, but remain 15.0 percent above the 4.74 million-unit level in December 2008. For all of 2009 there were 5,156,000 existing-home sales, which was 4.9 percent higher than the 4,913,000 transactions recorded in 2008; it was the first annual sales gain since 2005
