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Economic Snapshot: Existing home sales at highest pace in over nine years
In addition to high existing home sales, the percentage of first-time buyers is at its highest level in four years. Existing home…
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Economic Snapshot: Unemployment rises, job openings fall
This month’s jobs report is less positive than past months, with the number of unemployed persons increasing in June and…
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Economic Snapshot: Private sector employment increases by 172,000 jobs
While private sector employment has been increasing each month since April, those numbers are weighed down by continued losses in…
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Economic Snapshot: Consumer confidence up after two-month decline
Consumer confidence, which has decreased in May for the second consecutive month, jumped from 92.4 to 98.0 in June. The Present…
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Economic Snapshot: Existing home sales at highest pace in nearly ten years
Total existing home sales grew 1.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.53 million in May from a…
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Economic Snapshot: Builder confidence rises after four months of stagnation
This increase follows four months of the index holding steady and is the highest reading since January 2016. Housing Market…
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Economic Snapshot: Consumer confidence down for second consecutive month
Consumer confidence, which has been increasing and decreasing month to month, dropped for the second consecutive month in May. Consumer…
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Economic Snapshot: New and existing home sales up in April
Both new and existing home sales were up at the end of April and housing inventory for both measures are…
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Is boating for the middle class?
Ever since the Department of Labor announced its final rule on overtime pay, I have been reading articles for different…
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Economic Snapshot: Builder confidence flat in May
The Housing Market Index was unchanged this month but is at a healthy level for the index. While housing starts…
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