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What’s Really Going on With Jobs?

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Initial Jobless Claims declined by 2,000 in the latest week, as 190,000 people filed for unemployment

Family Home Hack of the Week

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Spring is nearly here, which means it's important to schedule some seasonal maintenance on your home. Here

Reports of a Housing Crash Not Supported by Appreciation Data

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The Case-Shiller Home Price Index, which is considered the “gold standard” for appreciation,

Pending Home Sales Rose for Second Straight Month

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Pending Home Sales rose 8.1% from December to January, which was much stronger than expectations and follows

What to Look for This Week

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News on home sales and appreciation highlight an otherwise quiet economic calendar. On Monday look for

New Home Sales Jumped Higher in January

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New Home Sales, which measure signed contracts on new homes, rose 7.2% in January to a 670,000-unit

What Jobless Claims Data Suggests for Workers and Job Seekers

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The number of people filing for unemployment benefits for the first time declined by 3,000 in the latest

Consumer Inflation Higher Than Expected

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The Fed’s favorite measure of inflation, Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE), showed that headline

Family Hack of the Week

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March 4 is National Pound Cake Day. This classic recipe from King Arthur Baking is one to make time and

Recession Signal Flashing

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The Conference Board released their Leading Economic Index (LEI) for January showing that it fell 0.3%,

More to Existing Home Sales Data Than Meets the Eye

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Existing Home Sales fell 0.7% from December to January to a 4 million unit annualized pace, per the National

Family Hack of the Week

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Winter is the perfect season for baking. These Blueberry Scones courtesy of Taste of Home are a perfectly

Builder Confidence Rose for Second Straight Month

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The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Housing Market Index, which is a near real-time read on

Wholesale Inflation Hotter Than Expected

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The Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures inflation on the wholesale level, rose by a greater than

Mild Progress on Consumer Inflation

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The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures inflation on the consumer level, showed that inflation