by sslifer | Mar 25, 2025 | Housing, NumberNomics Notes
March 25, 2025 The seasonally adjusted Case Shiller Index of Home Prices in 20 cities rose 0.5% in both December and January. Prices have `risen 4.7% in the past year. The National Index which is a slightly broader measure of home price increases rose 0.6% in January...
by sslifer | Mar 20, 2025 | Housing, NumberNomics Notes
March 20, 2025 . Existing home sales rose 4.2% in February to 4,260 thousand after having fallen 4.7% in January. After rising for three straight months sales declined in January. Our expectation is that a steady increase in jobs will boost income, mortgage rates...
by sslifer | Mar 18, 2025 | Industrial Production, NumberNomics Notes
March 18, 2025 Industrial production for February climbed 0.7% after having risen 0.3% in January and 1.1% in December. the February increase was attributable in large part to a dramatic 8.5% increase in automobile output. Breaking industrial production down into...
by sslifer | Mar 18, 2025 | Housing, NumberNomics Notes
March; 18, 2025 Housing starts surged by 11.2% in February to 1,501 thousand after plunging 11.5% in January. The January decline reflected the brutally cold, snowy weather that existed in that month and the wildfires that devasted much of the Los Angeles area. The...
by sslifer | Mar 17, 2025 | Housing, NumberNomics Notes
March 17, 2025 This series declined 3 points in March to 39 after having fallen 5 points in February and rising 1 point in January. This is the lowest reading for this index since December 2023 Builders are worried about the imposition of tariffs, still high...
by sslifer | Mar 17, 2025 | NumberNomics Notes, Retail Sales
March 17, 2025 Retail sales rose 0.2% in February after having fallen 1.2% in January and having risen 0.7% in December. In the past year retail sales have risen 3.2% The wildfires in California that raged from January 7 through the end of January, and the bitter...
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