New Home Sales At a Glance
Annual Sales Rate (Seasonally Adjusted): 711,000
Monthly Change: Down 9.0%
Annual Change: Down 34.4%
Median Sales Price: $239,100
Unsold Inventory: 9.3 Months
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Help-Wanted Advertising At a Glance
National Index: 21
Prior Month: 22 [Revised from 23]
Prior Year: 29
Regions increasing ad volume: 0
Regions decreasing ad volume: 9
Labor markets increasing ad volume: 39%
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Durable Goods At a Glance
New Orders: $214.7 billion
New Orders Change: Up 0.1%
Shipments Change: Down slightly
Unfilled Orders Change: Up 1.0%
Inventory Change: up 0.8%
Nondefense Capital Goods Change: Up 3.8%
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Consumer Confidence At a Glance
Consumer Confidence Index: 88.6
Monthly Change: Up 1.3
Present Situation Index: 108.3
Monthly Change: Down 7.1
Expectations Index: 75.5
Monthly Change: Up 6.4
1985=100
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Jobless Claims At a Glance
Initial Claims: 349,000
Change from Last Week: Up 1,000
Prior Week Revision: Up 2,000
4-Week Moving Average: 342,500
Insured Unemployment Rate: 2.0%
Insured Unemployment: 2,713,000
All numbers seasonally adjusted.
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Mortgage Applications Survey At a Glance
Adjusted seasonally
Market Composite Index: 603.8
Change: Down 7.6%
Purchase Index: 394.5
Change: Down 6.6%
Refinance Index: 1915.3
Change: Down 8.5%
4-Week Moving Average: Down 1.5%
30-year Fixed Rate: 6.10% with 1.05 points
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