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Monthly Archives: April 2008

New Home Sales - March 2008

25-Apr-08

New Home Sales At a Glance

Annual Sales Rate (Seasonally Adjusted): 526,000
Monthly Change: Down 8.5%
Annual Change: Down 36.6%
Median Sales Price: $227,600
Unsold Inventory: 11 Months

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Durable Goods Orders - March 2008

25-Apr-08

Durable Goods At a Glance

New Orders: $212.2 billion
New Orders Change: Down 0.3%
Shipments Change: Down 0.4%
Unfilled Orders Change: Up 0.9%
Inventory Change: up 1.1%
Nondefense Capital Goods Change: Up 1.5%

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Money Supply M1 & M2 - April 24, 2008

25-Apr-08

Money Supply At a Glance

M1 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: $1372.0 billion
M1 4-Week Average: $1365.0 billion
M1 Annual Change (Unadjusted): Up $3.3 billion
M2 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: $7661.6 billion
M2 4-Week Average: $7679.3 billion
M2 Annual Change (Unadjusted): Up $510.8 billion

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Jobless Claims - April 24, 2008

25-Apr-08

Jobless Claims At a Glance

Initial Claims: 342,000
Change from Last Week: Down 33,000
4-Week Moving Average: 369,500
Insured Unemployment Rate: 2.2%
Insured Unemployment: 2,934,000

All numbers seasonally adjusted.
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Help Wanted Advertising Index - March 2008

25-Apr-08

Help-Wanted Advertising At a Glance

National Index: 19
Prior Month: 21
Prior Year: 29
Regions increasing ad volume: 0
Regions decreasing ad volume: 9
Labor markets increasing ad volume: 39%

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Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey - April 23, 2008

24-Apr-08

Mortgage Applications Survey At a Glance
Adjusted seasonally

Market Composite Index: 637.6
Change: Down 14.2%
Purchase Index: 357.3
Change: Down 6.4%
Refinance Index: 2286.3
Change: Down 20.2%
4-Week Moving Average: Down 10.5%
30-year Fixed Rate: 6.04% with 1.04 points

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