Economy in Brief: 2004

Initial claims for unemployment insurance dropped 25,000 last week following a revised gain of 16,000 the week prior. The decline to 329,000 was to the lowest level in over a month and compared to the Consensus expectation for 345,000 [...]

Initial claims for unemployment insurance dropped 25,000 last week following a revised gain of 16,000 the week prior. The decline to 329,000 was to the lowest level in over a month and compared to the Consensus expectation for 345,000 [...]

The Canadian economy is strengthening or slowing according to divergent interpretations of today's September report on leading indicators. In releasing the report, Statistics Canada emphasized a progressive slowing in the indicator's [...]

Mortgage applications rebounded last week from the prior period's slump, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The 7.9% w/w rise did not, however, recoup all of the prior week's 9.2% fall and so far in October [...]

Mortgage applications rebounded last week from the prior period's slump, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The 7.9% w/w rise did not, however, recoup all of the prior week's 9.2% fall and so far in October [...]

Poland reported that the non seasonally adjusted index of industrial production in September was 9.25% above the year ago figure. The seasonally adjusted and working day adjusted data are not yet available, but the Haver seasonally [...]

Chain store sales slipped 0.2% last week after two weeks of respectable gain, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)-UBS. The decline dropped sales so far in October 0.1% below the September average which, [...]

The Composite Housing Market Index from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) recovered in October from the prior month's decline to 72, the highest level in a year. The NAHB index is a diffusion index based on a survey of [...]