New Home Sales At a Glance
Annual Sales Rate (Seasonally Adjusted): 515,000
Monthly Change: Up 2.4%
Annual Change: Down 35.3%
Median Sales Price: $230,700
Monthly change: Down $300
Unsold Inventory: 10.1 months
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Federal Open Market Committee Minutes – Key Quotes
Unit labor costs apparently continued to increase at a restrained pace during the second quarter, reflecting only moderate gains in worker compensation and relatively strong productivity performance, with little sign of higher overall inflation passing through to higher worker compensation.
Corporate bond issuance slowed further, as did lending by [...]
Consumer Confidence At a Glance
Consumer Confidence Index: 56.9
Monthly Change: Up 5
Present Situation Index: 63.2
Monthly Change: Down 2.6
Expectations Index: 52.8
Monthly Change: Up 10.1
1985=100
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Case-Shiller Housing Price Index At a Glance
Composite 20 Index: 167.69
Monthly Change: Down 0.85
Composite 10 Index: 180.38
Monthly Change: Down 1.1
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Existing Home Sales At a Glance
Total Existing Home Sales Annual Rate: 5.00 million
Monthly Change: Up 3.1%
Year-to-year Change: Down 13.2%
Median home price: $212,400
Monthly Change: Down $2,700
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Conference Board Leading, Coincident and Lagging Indicators At a Glance:
Leading Index: Down 0.7%
Coincident Index: Up 0.1%
Lagging Index: Up 0.4%
Improved Leading Indicators: 3
Unchanged Leading Indicators: 2
Worsened Leading Indicators: 5
Improved Coincident Indicators: 3
Unchanged Coincident Indicators: 0
Worsened Coincident Indicators: 1
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