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Construction Spending – December 2008

03-Feb-09

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Construction Spending At a Glance

  • Total Construction Spending: $1,053.7 billion
  • Monthly Change: Down 1.4%
  • Year-to-year Change: Down 3.6%
  • Private Residential Spending: $319.2 billion
  • Monthly Change: Down 3.2%
  • Private Non-residential: $417.9 billion
  • Monthly Change: Down 0.4%

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New Home Sales – December 2008

01-Feb-09

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New Home Sales At a Glance

  • Annual Sales Rate (Seasonally Adjusted): 331,000
  • Monthly Change: Down 14.7%
  • Annual Change: Down 44.8%
  • Median Sales Price: $206,500
  • Monthly change: Down $13,900
  • Unsold Inventory: 12.9 months

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Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey – January 28, 2009

01-Feb-09

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Mortgage Applications Survey At a Glance
Adjusted seasonally

  • Market Composite Index: 732.1
  • Change: Down 38.8%
  • Purchase Index: 294.3
  • Change: Down 2.9%
  • Refinance Index: 3373.9
  • Change: Down 48%
  • 4-Week Moving Average: Down 10.5%
  • 30-year Fixed Rate: 5.22% with 1.05 points

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Jobless Claims – January 29, 2009

01-Feb-09

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Jobless Claims At a Glance

  • Initial Claims: 588,000
  • Change from Last Week: Up 3,000
  • 4-Week Moving Average: 542,500
  • Insured Unemployment Rate: 3.6%
  • Insured Unemployment: 4,776,000

All numbers seasonally adjusted.

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – 4th Quarter 2008 (Advance)

01-Feb-09

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) At a Glance

  • Real Annual Growth Rate: Down 3.8%
  • Previous Quarter Rate: Down 0.5%
  • Current Dollar GDP Growth: Down 4.1%
  • GDP Implicit Price Deflator: -0.3%
  • Gross Domestic Purchases Deflator: -4.8%

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Federal Funds Rate (FOMC) – January 29, 2009

01-Feb-09

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Federal Funds Rate: 0 to 0.25%
Discount Rate: 0.5%

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