Following the strong report on nonfarm payroll and retail sales, both durable goods orders and manufacturing PMI disappointed the market in May. This is in addition to a drop in the Chicago Fed Manufacturing Index on Monday. However, a reviving housing market induces optimism in the strength of the U.S. economy going forward. The durable…

Existing home sales, which includes the number of previously constructed homes, condominiums, and co-ops, rebounded in May. It grew at its fastest pace since November 2009 and marked the third straight month of annual home sales above 5 mn. Existing home sales accounts for a larger share of the market than new homes and is…

A series of economic data is scheduled to be released this week, including reports on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), housing, and Michigan’s consumer sentiment. With the Fed contemplating the optimum time for a rate hike, which is data dependent, all data is significant to the decision. The housing market should get more good news…

Consumer prices posted the biggest gains in May over the last two years, triggered by a surge in oil prices. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), a measure of the price movement of goods and services bought for consumption, advanced 0.4% month-over-month (MoM) in May, the Department of Labor said on Thursday. The market had expected…

The U.S. Federal Reserve is on track to raise historically low interest rates on the back of an improving economy and after a winter setback. However, the Fed remains unsure of the second rate hike timing. It believes that the economy should be strong enough to support the rate hike by the end of 2015,…

Applications for U.S. home mortgages fell last week as interest rates rose to their highest levels since October 2014, an industry group said on Wednesday. Mortgage applications activity, which includes both refinancing and home purchase demand, decreased 5.5% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey.…

Housing starts, which is defined as construction of a new building intended primarily as a residential building, retreated in May after a robust increase in the previous month. The dip in single family construction, which forms the largest portion of the market, primarily drove the decline. However, an increase in building permits for future construction…

U.S. job openings surged to a record high in April, after a slight decline in March, hinting at a stronger job market in the coming months. The April job openings of 5.4 million were higher than the 5.1 million in March, and market expectations of +5.044 million, said the Labor Department in its monthly Job…