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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
... October from 91.2 in the previous month with the future expectations component down to 76.6 from 82.7 in September. US house prices As in consumer sentiment, two agencies tracking US house prices tell the same story. The Federal Housing Finance Authority ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... at its 2 August meeting after the CPI 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 ...

The name is bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... prices); consumer confidence advanced to 83 in May from 81.7 in the previous month. US manufacturing's expanding, US house prices are rising and US consumers are cheerier. Hip, hip... It's payback time -- payback for the deep freeze in the first quarter ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... index soared to 83.7 from 71.1 in August. And why not? Apart from the unlimited money print and because of it, US house prices are lifting. The S&P/Case-Shiller index showed property values rose by 1.2% in the year to July - the biggest annual gain since ...

Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... counter measure - announcement following a big drop in equity prices. Certainly, S&P/Case Shiller composite index of US house prices made for good reading. House prices rose by 0.7% in April - the third straight month of increase and better than expectations ...

Just replace because with despite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... the month. We can use "despite" too when referring to the Federal Housing Finance Agency's report showing that US house prices dropped by a bigger-than-expected 2.5 per cent in the March quarter - the 15th consecutive quarterly fall. "Despite" also saves ...

Punting on next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... quarter earnings releases last night didn't matter -majority of companies still beat expectations anyway. Data on US house prices didn't matter - they don't know where they're going. The Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that home prices fell by ...

Herding 20 cats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... American consumer confidence fell in September when markets were expecting a rise. The other side of the coin showed US house prices rose in July by more than three times expectations. Same old, same old. What is fresh - and went largely unnoticed - ...

Not a happy EOFYS on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
... revenge for revenge's sake. It's simply an economic and purely rational decision. And this would continue as long as US house prices continue to fall. And here there is good news. The S&P/Case-Shiller home price index in May posted its smallest monthly ...

Happy Americans, happy world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... Street. Green sprouts starting to flower? Neither Kim Jung Il's rattling of his nuclear sabre nor a reminder that US house prices continue to fall were able to prevent Wall Street from turning in a strong finish last night - thanks to its cheerier consumers. ...
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