The key reports this week are December CPI, Existing Home Sales and November Retail Sales. Also, New Home Sales for September and October will be released.
For manufacturing, the December Industria…
The BEA reported that light vehicle sales were at 16.0 million in December on a seasonally adjusted annual basis (SAAR). This was up 1.9% from the sales rate in November, and down 4.9% from December…
This graph shows heavy truck sales since 1967 using data from the BEA. The dashed line is the December 2025 seasonally adjusted annual sales rate (SAAR) of 311 thousand.
Note: "Heavy trucks - trucks …
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Final Look at Housing Markets in November and a Look Ahead to December Sales
A brief excerpt:
After the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) r…
From the NAR: NAR Existing-Home Sales Report Shows 0.5% Increase in November
Month-over-month
• 0.5% increase in existing-home sales – seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.13 million in November
• 5.…
Note: Mortgage rates are from
MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.
Friday:
• At 10:00 AM ET,
Existing Home Sales for November from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The …
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Lawler: Early Read on Existing Home Sales in November and Update on Mortgage/MBS Yields and Spreads
A brief excerpt:
From housing economist Tom L…