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Economy in Brief
U.S. Energy Prices Rise Further
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S&P Flash PMIs Are Mixed in May As Manufacturing Erodes Slowly
Among the early reporting countries in Europe and Japan, the S&P PMI readings for May tilt toward weakness...
NABE Lowers Growth Expectations for Next Year & 2022
The NABE expects the economic expansion to continue through its third year...
Chicago Fed National Activity Index Improves in April
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) rose to 0.47 during April...
IFO Registers Small Rebound on the Month
Germany's IFO index has rebounded on the month...
Viewpoints
Commentaries are the opinions of the author and do not reflect the views of Haver Analytics.
Profits & Margins Plunge In Q1: Expect More Margin Contraction As Fed Squeezes Inflation
The Many Links of Inflation Cycle: Hard Landing Is Needed to Crack Them
Peak Inflation and Fed Policy: A Relationship which Should Worry the Fed and Scare Investors
Why Have the Yields on TIPS Been Negative in the Past Two Years?
by Tom Moeller September 14, 2004
Home prices as tallied by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) rose 2.2% (9.1% AR) in 2Q 2004 versus an upwardly revised 1Q gain of 1.5%.
The OFHEO house price index is a geometric weighted average based on more than 26.5 million repeat transactions over 29 years and 12,000 transactions annually.
View the latest OFHEO release here.
| OFHEO | 2Q04 | 1Q04 | Y/Y | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House Price Index | 2.2% | 1.5% | 9.4% | 7.0% | 7.0% | 8.0% |
