Mortgage Applications Survey At a Glance
Adjusted seasonally
Market Composite Index: 567.0
Change: Down 11.1%
Purchase Index: 340.1
Change: Down 4.8%
Refinance Index: 1905.2
Change: Down 16.7%
4-Week Moving Average: Down 4.3%
30-year Fixed Rate: 6.01% with 1.26 points
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Help Wanted Online At a Glance
Online Advertised Vacancies: 3,649,900 3,733,200
Monthly Change: Down 2.3% (Not seasonally adjusted)
Year-to-year Change: Down 16.4%
New ads: 2,591,500
Monthly Change: Down 1.9%
Vacancies advertised per 100 in labor force: 2.4
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ADP Employment Report At a Glance
Total Nonfarm Private Employment: 116,066,000
Monthly Change: Up 10,000
Products Producing Sector: 21,861,000
Monthly Change: Down 54,000
Service Producing Sector: 94,205,000
Monthly Change: Up 64,000
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) At a Glance
4th Quarter Advance Estimate
Real Annual Growth Rate: 0.6%
Previous Quarter Rate: 0.6%
Current Dollar GDP Growth: 3.2%
GDP Implicit Price Deflator:2.6%
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Federal Funds Rate: 2.00%
Discount Rate: 2.25%
The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to lower its target for the federal funds rate 25 basis points to 2 percent.
In a related action, the Board of Governors unanimously approved a 25-basis-point decrease in the discount rate to 2-1/4 percent.
The substantial easing of monetary policy to date, combined with [...]
Consumer Confidence At a Glance
Consumer Confidence Index: 62.3
Monthly Change: Down 3.6
Present Situation Index: 80.7
Monthly Change: Down 9.9
Expectations Index: 50.1
Monthly Change: Up 0.7
1985=100
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