March 2024 New Orders for Durable Goods increased 2.6%, Ex-Trans up 0.2%
04/24/24 08:30AM - New Orders
New orders for manufactured durable goods in March, up two consecutive months, increased $7.3 billion or 2.6 percent to $283.4 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This followed a 0.7 percent February increase. Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.2 percent. Excluding defense, new orders increased 2.3 …more…
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Purchase Apps down, Refi's down in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
04/24/24 07:00AM - Mortgage applications decreased 2.7 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending April 19, 2024. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 2.7 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one …more…
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New Home Sales in March 2024 at annual rate of 693,000
04/23/24 10:00AM - New Home Sales
Sales of new single‐family houses in March 2024 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 693,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 8.8 percent (±17.2 percent)* above the revised February rate of 637,000 and is 8.3 percent …more…
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Richmond Fed's Current Activity remained slow at −7 in April 2024
04/23/24 10:00AM - Fifth District manufacturing activity remained slow in April, according to the most recent survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. The composite manufacturing index increased from −11 in March to −7 in April. Of its three component indexes, shipments increased from −14 to −10, new orders increased from −17 to −9, and employment fell …more…
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Chicago Fed National Activity Index suggests economic growth increased in March 2024
04/22/24 08:30AM - The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) increased to +0.15 in March from +0.09 in February. Two of the four broad categories of indicators used to construct the index increased from February, and two categories made positive contributions in March. The index's three-month moving average, CFNAI-MA3, increased to –0.19 in March from –0.28 …more…
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