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| | | ... why it's good data. Taper off. If US interest rates stay at current levels, more weakness could be in store for the US housing market. The yield on 10-year US Treasuries (from which mortgage rates are derived) is currently at 2.52%. While down from the ... |
| | | | ... said. Forster said the motivation to continue printing money may in part be an attempt to sustain the recovery of the US housing market, by encouraging lenders to keep mortgage rates low. But overall, he said it was "a shame", as it put off the inevitable. ... |
| | | | ... last week as dealers bet on an end to the Fed's $US85-billion-a-month monetary easing. But figures showing a slump in US housing market sales on Friday allayed fears of an early stimulus rollback and led to rallies in Europe and the United States. Sydney ... |
| | | | ... achieved by the fund's benchmark, the MSCI World Index. The firm's latest success story has been a direct play on the US housing recovery. On discovering three-bedroom houses for sale in a tree-lined suburb with direct freeway links to Las Vegas for ... |
| | | | ... buying the company towards the end of 2010 when it was very hard to find anyone with anything good to say about the US housing market. |
| | | | ... per cent after solid earnings from energy giant Repsol and telecom company Telefonica. The sell-off was fuelled by US housing data that raised concerns about the Federal Reserve's stimulus program, analysts said. The euro rose to $US1.3236 from $US1.3199 ... |
| | | | ... program. The US dollar enjoyed another positive day, with Wall Street also providing a strong lead thanks to upbeat US housing data. Tokyo stocks dropped 0.20 per cent, or 25.84 points, to 13,007.28, after jumping 2.73 per cent the day before. Hong Kong ... |
| | | | ... It doesn't compute. US jobless claims up by more than expected last week - the biggest since the last week of March. US housing starts plunged in April - the biggest fall since February 2011. After two months in the plus, the Philly Fed index fell back ... |
| | | | ... just pass without the usual serving of positive spin, can you? And so it was. I have no quarrels with the improving US housing rationale. Last night's report that S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values jumped by 8.1% in the year to January - better ... |
| | | | ... fiscal spending...and yet the US economy continues to gather momentum. Earlier this week, we saw another rebound in US housing starts and continuing increases in building permits. Last week, we saw better-than-expected increases in US retail sales and ... |
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