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Economic Report: Existing-home Sales Fall For The Second Straight Month In April
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Sales of previously-owned homes fell for the second month in a row, another sign of a struggling market, even as the Rea... Read more
Trumps Trade War With China Doesnt Bode Well For An Already Shaky U.S. Housing Market
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Homeowners looking to sell may have reason to grow increasingly concerned about President Trump’s deteriorating relati... Read more
Outside The Box: Lax Standards For Home Equity Lines Of Credit Echo Bubble-era Madness
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Homeowners with second mortgages could be threatened if housing prices decline, writes Keith Jurow. Read more
The Fed: Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady As Economy Grows At Solid Rate And Inflation Stays Low
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The Federal Reserve on Wednesday left unchanged a key U.S. interest rate that influences the cost of borrowing for mortg... Read more
The Tell: Feds Pursuit Of 2% Inflation Goal May Spark Next Credit Bubble, Says RBC Economist
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Porcelli of RBC warns the Fed could risk inflating a ‘credit bubble’ if it wants to achieve its 2% inflation target ... Read more
Economic Report: Mortgage Rates Climb For Fourth Straight Week As Easy Money Crackdown Begins
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Rates for home loans ticked up slightly, a reminder that the easy-money era for mortgages will likely have to end at som... Read more
Market Snapshot: S&P 500, Nasdaq Close At Records As Robust GDP Data Offset Tepid Earnings
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Stocks riser Friday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq posting closing records, as stronger-than-expected first-quarte... Read more
Bond Report: 2-year Treasury Yield Falls To 4 Week-low On Soft Inflation Reading
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Treasury yields fell sharply Friday, extending a weekly skid, after the initial snapshot of first-quarter GDP showed the... Read more
Bond Report: Treasury Yields Rise As Oil Prices Surge To Nearly 6-month High
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Treasury prices fall Monday, lifting yields, as the Trump administration says it will end waivers for countries importin... Read more
Home Buyers Are Flocking To The Exurbs, But Are They Making Risky Purchases?
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Roughly decade ago, the exurbs were ground zero for the housing crisis. Today, they’re hotter than ever. Read more
Market Extra: With Inflation Insurance Back In Vogue, Should Bond Investors Be Worried?
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Prices of Treasury-inflation protected securities are climbing as some bond investors brace for an inflation comeback. ... Read more
Market Snapshot: Stocks Close Higher After Fed Minutes Reiterate Central Banks Dovish Stance
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U.S. stocks close higher Wednesday as the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s March meeting reassured investors that th... Read more
Bond Report: U.S. And European Bond Yields Retreat After ECBs Draghi Maintains Dovish Stance
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Treasury yields recede Wednesday, along with European debt yields, after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi st... Read more
Outside The Box: These Risk-taking Mortgage Lenders Could Trigger The Next Housing Crisis
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Giving non-bank lenders guaranteed access to capital safeguards the entire banking system, writes Sanjiv Das. Read more
In One Chart: How A Rally In Semiconductor Stocks May Herald A Global Growth Rebound
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Stock-market bulls see the record highs in semiconductor stocks as a sign that the synchronized slowdown in internationa... Read more
Market Snapshot: Stocks Close Higher After Signs Of Progress Toward U.S.-China Trade Deal
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Stocks close higher Thursday following reports that the U.S. and China have made new progress toward a trade deal even a... Read more
Currencies: Dollar Climbs To 3-week High As Final Fourth-quarter GDP Estimate Lowered
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The U.S. dollar on Thursday strengthens across the board against its G-10 and emerging market rivals, with bulls shaking... Read more
Currencies: Dollar Boosted As Economic Worries Undercut Euro
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The U.S. dollar climbs in Friday trading, as investors grapples with an inverted U.S. Treasury yield curve and another r... Read more
Market Extra: Conflicting Signals In Bond-market Recession Indicator Points To Inflation Resurgence
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Different sections of the yield curve point to conflicting assessments of the U.S. economy’s path Read more
Currencies: Dollar Comes Under Pressure As Sterling Rallies Ahead Of Brexit Vote
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The U.S. dollar slips into negative territory as the U.S. trading day draws to a close, following a highly anticipated r... Read more