Mortgage applications fell 1.5% in the week ended August 15, following a like decline the week before, together basically erasing a 2.8% increase in the August 1 week. This "Market Composite Index" stood at 419.3 in the latest week, [...]
Introducing
Carol Stone, CBE
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Carol Stone, CBE came to Haver Analytics in 2003 following more than 35 years as a financial market economist at major Wall Street financial institutions, most especially Merrill Lynch and Nomura Securities. She has broad experience in analysis and forecasting of flow-of-funds accounts, the federal budget and Federal Reserve operations. At Nomura Securites, among other duties, she developed various indicator forecasting tools and edited a daily global publication produced in London and New York for readers in Tokyo. At Haver Analytics, Carol is a member of the Research Department, aiding database managers with research and documentation efforts, as well as posting commentary on select economic reports. In addition, she conducts Ways-of-the-World, a blog on economic issues for an Episcopal-Church-affiliated website, The Geranium Farm. During her career, Carol served as an officer of the Money Marketeers and the Downtown Economists Club. She has a PhD from NYU's Stern School of Business. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and has a weekend home on Long Island.
Publications by Carol Stone, CBE
Global| Aug 20 2008Mortgage Applications Edge Lower; Credit Spreads Evince High Risk
- Global| Aug 19 2008
U.S. PPI Up 1.2%; Big Increases Widespread
Producer prices continued strongly higher in July, with the total index up 1.2% after June’s outsized 1.8%, and the core up a substantial 0.7%, considerably more than June’s 0.2%. Forecasts for the total index centered around 0.6% and [...]
- Global| Aug 19 2008
U.S. Housing Starts Sag Back to Low
After Junes phantom jump in housing starts, which owed completely to a building code change in New York, they fell back in July by 11.0% to just 965,000 (S.A.A.R.). This was the lowest since 921,000 in March 1991. This month, both [...]
- Global| Aug 19 2008
U.S. PPI Up 1.2%; Big Increases Widespread
Producer prices continued strongly higher in July, with the total index up 1.2% after June’s outsized 1.8%, and the core up a substantial 0.7%, considerably more than June’s 0.2%. Forecasts for the total index centered around 0.6% and [...]
- Global| Aug 18 2008
Home Builders' Survey Shows Tentative Signs of Stabilization
The National Association of Home Builders reported a stable performance in its Housing Market Index (HMI) for August, albeit at the index’s all-time low of 16, first seen in July. It stood at 22 this time last year and averaged 19 for [...]
- Global| Aug 18 2008
Home Builders' Survey Shows Tentative Signs of Stabilization
The National Association of Home Builders reported a stable performance in its Housing Market Index (HMI) for August, albeit at the index’s all-time low of 16, first seen in July. It stood at 22 this time last year and averaged 19 for [...]
- Global| Mar 21 2008
Nonbank Dealers Borrow $29 Billion from the Fed
You can't say the Fed isn't trying. And if the current credit crisis situation turns into something far worse, it's unlikely that historians a generation from now will be able to blame the Fed's present efforts, as they can with the [...]
- Global| Mar 21 2008
Nonbank Dealers Borrow $29 Billion from the Fed
You can't say the Fed isn't trying. And if the current credit crisis situation turns into something far worse, it's unlikely that historians a generation from now will be able to blame the Fed's present efforts, as they can with the [...]
- Global| Nov 23 2007
UK Banks Sharply Restrain Mortgage Lending in October
The British Bankers' Association (BBA) this morning reported significant declines in mortgage lending activity for October. These data cover the nine members of the "Major British Banking Groups", which account for some two-thirds of [...]
- Global| Nov 23 2007
UK Banks Sharply Restrain MortgageLending in October
The British Bankers' Association (BBA) this morning reported significant declines in mortgage lending activity for October. These data cover the nine members of the "Major British Banking Groups", which account for some two-thirds of [...]
Japan's trade balance widened in October, slightly from September and more noticeably from a year ago. The October surplus was ¥1,073 billion, up from ¥1,051 billion in September and ¥933 in October 2006, all calculated from the [...]
- Global| Nov 16 2007
Foreign Investors Renew Commitment to US Markets, Albeit Limited, According to New TIC Data
After their exodus from US financial markets in August, foreign investors returned in September with moderate net purchases of US long-term securities. These totaled $26.4 billion, compared with August's $70.6 billion liquidation [...]
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