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Economy in Brief
Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index Dips in May But Remains Strong
The Kansas City Fed reported that its manufacturing sector business activity index declined to 23 in May...
U.S. Pending Home Sales Decline Sharply in April
Home buying remains under pressure...
U.S. Unemployment Claims Eased Slightly in the Latest Week
Initial claims for unemployment insurance filed in the week ended May 21 were 210,000 (-52.4% y/y)...
U.S. Durable Goods Orders Increase Modestly in April
Manufacturers' new orders for durable goods increased 0.4% during April (12.2% y/y)...
U.S. Mortgage Applications Continue to Weaken
The MBA Loan Applications Index fell 1.2% (-54.5% y/y) in the week ended May 20...
Viewpoints
Commentaries are the opinions of the author and do not reflect the views of Haver Analytics.
State Coincident Indexes in April 2022
State Labor Markets in April 2022
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
by Tom Moeller September 15, 2005
Home prices as tallied by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) surged 3.2% last quarter. The gain represented a some strengthening of the pattern of double digit annualized gains in home prices which began in late 2003.
The OFHEO house price index is a geometric weighted average based on more than 26.5 million repeat transactions (purchase or refinance) over 29 years and 12,000 transactions annually.
Year to year, the 28.1% rise in house prices in Nevada ranked highest followed by 27.8% appreciation in Arizona and 25.9% in Hawaii.
The slowest rates of house price appreciation were logged in Ohio (4.8%, Indiana (4.7%) and Texas (4.7%).
View the latest OFHEO release here.
Are Home Prices the Next "Bubble"? from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York can be found here.
| OFHEO | 2Q05 | 1Q05 | Y/Y | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House Price Index | 3.2% | 2.6% | 13.4% | 11.0% | 6.9% | 7.0% |
