According to the Mortgage Bankers Association for the week of April 22, 2011 there was a drop in the number of new applications and refinance application. Overall composite was therefore down. Prior Actual Purchase Index – W/W Change 10.0 % -13.6 % Refinance Index – W/W Change 2.7 % -0.6 % Composite Index – W/W Change 5.3 % -5.6 % … read more
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S&P Case-Shiller HPI for April 26, 2011 – Trading News, Economic News/reports, Economic Calendar, Futures Trading News
Released on 4/26/2011 9:00:00 AM For Feb, 2011 Prior Actual 10-city, not SA – M/M change -0.9 % -1.1 % 10-city, Seas. Adj. – M/M change -0.2 % -0.2 % 10-city, not SA – Yr/Yr change -2.0 % -2.6 % … read more
Redbook for April 26, 2011 – Trading News, Futures Trading, Economic Reports, Economic Calendar
Redbook up 0.2% from 5.1% to 5.3%… read more
Be prepared for Economic Reports for April 27, 2011 – Futures Trading News/Trading News/Economic Calendar
Traders should be prepared for ICSC-Goldman Store Sales set to be released at 7:45am ET. This report is a weekly measurement of comparable store sales at major retail chains. It is estimated that it accounts for roughly 10% of total sales. Why should you care? – Consumer spending is estimated to account for nearly two-thirds of the… read more
FOMC Meeting Begins Today April 26, 2011 – Futures Trading News/Economic Calendar/Economic News
The Federal Open Market Committee begins their two day meeting to discuss our Monetary Policy. They cover a variety of concerns such as inflation and overall economic strength. They will then disseminate their decisions to the public on April 27, 2011 in regards to whether interest rates should be raised, lowered or left unchanged. Traders/Investors… read more
Economic Reports for Tomorrow April 26, 2011 – Trading News, Futures Trading News, Economic Calendar
Traders should be prepared for the following reports for April 26, 2011 – Economic Calendar for April 26, 2011 – FOMC Meeting Begins ICSC-Goldman Store Sales 7:45 AM ET Redbook 8:55 AM ET S&P Case-Shiller HPI 9:00 AM ET Consumer Confidence 10:00 AM ET State Street Investor Confidence Index 10:00 AM ET 4-Week Bill Auction 11:30 AM ET 2-Yr Note Auction… read more
New Homes Sales – April 25, 2011
Sales of new single-family houses in March 2011 adjusted to an annual rate of 300,000 according to U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This number is 11.1 percent (±21.7%)* above the revised February rate of 270,000, However it is still 21.9 percent (±10.3%) below the March 2010 estimate of 384,000. The… read more