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The Housing Price Index (HPI) in the US rose 1% in July, the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) monthly report showed on Wednesday. This reading matched June’s reading (revised from 0.9%) and came in higher than the market expectation of 0.5%. Earlier in the day, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) …

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Monday that the US central bank remains committed to using all the tools at its disposal to help the world’s largest economy recover from the blow it took from the coronavirus pandemic. “We remain committed to using our tools to do what we can, …

There were a lot of market drivers last week like the Fed and Bank of England meeting and tensions over the Brexit talks and developments for the Corona vaccine as well as the continuing trade tension between the US and China and the TikTok crisis. There was a lot of …

The number of Americans filing for new unemployment benefits fell last week but remains stuck at extremely high levels as the labor market recovery slows and consumer spending slows down as the fiscal stimulus fades. The US Labor Department said that the total number of new applications for unemployment benefits, …

Retail Sales in the United States rose by 0.6% on a monthly basis in August to $537.5, the data published by the US Census Bureau revealed on Wednesday. This reading followed July’s increase of 0.9% (revised from 1.2%) and missed the market expectation of 1%.

The World Trade Organization has ruled that the additional tariffs imposed by the United States in 2018 on Chinese goods violate international trade rules, in a blow to the Trump administration’s trade war against the world’s second largest economy. A three-person panel of trade experts at the World Trade Organization …

The headline General Business Conditions Index of the NY Fed’s Empire State Manufacturing Survey improved from 3.7 in August to 17 in September. This reading beat the market expectation of 6 by a wide margin. “The new orders index climbed nine points to 7.1, pointing to a modest increase in orders, and …

There were many important events that affected the markets over the past week, such as the European Central Bank and Bank of Canada meeting with Brexit talks reaching a dead-end last week and the developments of the Corona vaccine as tensions continued between the United States and China. At its …

Analysts at Scotiabank offer a sneak peek at what to expect from Friday’s US Consumer Price Index (CPI) release. Key quotes “Headline inflation is forecast to rise from 1% YoY in July to 1.4% principally due to forecast month-ago gains in core CPI combined with a mild assist from gasoline …

The number of Americans filing for new unemployment benefits stabilized at high levels last week, reinforcing views that the job market is stabilizing on a more gradual path to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The US Labor Department said that the total of new applications for unemployment benefits, adjusted in …