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Chief economist update: Fear and loathing on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... sales were revised down by 44,000 to 585,000, while June and July also revised lower. This came alongside reports that the FHFA house price index growth slowed to 6.1% in the year to August from 6.6% in the previous month. Not surprising given the jump ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
... in consumer sentiment, two agencies tracking US house prices tell the same story. The Federal Housing Finance Authority (FHFA) house price index increased by a better-than-expected 0.7% in the month of August following a 0.5% rise in the previous month. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... report - out on 27 July - confirms that inflation remains below target. US house prices The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reported that the average prices of single-family homes increased by 0.2% in the month of April following an upwardly revised ...

So bad it's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... March to plus 7 in April; the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city house price index came in more than expected in March (so did the FHFA measure of house prices); consumer confidence advanced to 83 in May from 81.7 in the previous month." Add to this last night's ...

In with the old, out with the new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... March to plus 7 in April; the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city house price index came in more than expected in March (so did the FHFA measure of house prices); consumer confidence advanced to 83 in May from 81.7 in the previous month." Surely, these good stats ...

The name is bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... March to plus 7 in April; the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city house price index came in more than expected in March (so did the FHFA measure of house prices); consumer confidence advanced to 83 in May from 81.7 in the previous month. US manufacturing's expanding ...

A tall tale of a good story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... better-than-expected and stronger than the previous month's gain in house prices released simultaneously the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) got no mention. We know the answer to that, don't we? It'll ruin a good story. The FHFA house price index ...

I was there!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... the most since June 2006, mind you - adds to those 'the housing market is strengthening' stats released only last week. The FHFA home price index rose by 0.6% in January after gaining 0.5% in the previous month. Housing starts and existing home sales ...

The virtuous cycle is back in play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... sales up by 15.6% in January; pending home sales up 4.5%. Higher sales send the supply of houses down and prices up. The FHFA house price index increased by 0.6% in December and the Case-Shiller index rose by 0.9% in the same month. There wasn't any ...

When old news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... and inventories are rising did not bother The Street. Neither did the 0.6 per cent fall in Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) home price index. Why? They were better than expected, that's why. The market sees what it wants to see, hear what it wants ...
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